RIYADH: The death toll from this year's Haj has exceeded 1,000, an AFP tally said on Thursday (Jun 20), more than half of them unregistered worshippers who performed the pilgrimage in extreme heat in Saudi Arabi
has exceeded 1,000, an AFP tally said on Thursday , more than half of them unregistered worshippers who performed the pilgrimage in extreme heat in Saudi Arabia.
The figures have come via official statements or from diplomats working on their countries' responses. According to a Saudi study published last month, temperatures in the area are rising 0.4 degrees Celsius each decade.
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