1.8 million Muslims are taking part in this year's Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia ... "after suffering sun stroke due to the extreme heat wave" and a further 17 had been reported missing.

The deaths of 1,300 pilgrims during the hajj in Saudi Arabia last year underscored the urgent need to mitigate dangers posed ...

an American aid worker struggles to survive an intense humid heat wave in India, which kills millions. The book is set just a few years into the future. The deaths during the Hajj warn us that ...

Tariq (right) says his 77-year-old mother Effendiya (left) "couldn’t take the baking heat" Hundreds of people are thought to have died amid soaring temperatures at the Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi ...

Our new research shows the upper limits of human heat tolerance were breached for a total of 43 hours over the six days of Hajj. During these periods, heat and humidity passed beyond the point at ...

Photo: FADEL SENNA / AFP. The deaths of 1,300 pilgrims during the hajj in Saudi Arabia last year underscored the urgent need to mitigate dangers posed by extreme heat, with crowd management an ...

Every year, hundreds of thousands of Muslims undertake the Hajj –the sacred pilgrimage to Mecca. In 2024, the pilgrimage took place in mid-June, the start of the Saudi summer. But this year ...