Watch: Millions face oppressive Saudi Arabia heat wave for religious pilgrimage

Name: Watch: Millions face oppressive Saudi Arabia heat wave for religious pilgrimage
Uploaded: 2024-06-23T17:39:28-04:00
Duration: 3 min 34 s
Description: About 1.8 million Muslims set out in a heat wave for the Hajj, a religious pilgrimage that religious texts require "able bodied" Muslims to perform at least once. With temperatures hitting 117-120 degrees in Mecca, over 1,300 people have died in the heat so far.

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Watch: Millions face oppressive Saudi Arabia heat wave for religious pilgrimage

About 1.8 million Muslims set out in a heat wave for the Hajj, a religious pilgrimage that religious texts require "able bodied" Muslims to perform at least once. With temperatures hitting 117-120 degrees in Mecca, over 1,300 people have died in the heat so far.

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