Hajj 2025: As pilgrims gather in Mecca, a look back at past tragedies
Monday, 2 June 2025 The annual Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca commences amidst a history of tragic incidents, including stampedes, attacks, and fires. Last year, over 1,300 pilgrims died due to extreme heat. This year, with temperatures expected to exceed 40°C, Saudi authorities have deployed 250,000 personnel from forty agencies to ensure the safety and well-being of over a million pilgrims.
Thousands of Muslim pilgrims perform Tawaf, the ritual of circling the Kaaba at Mecca’s Grand Mosque, ahead of this year's hajj pilgrimage. Over a million people are expected to join the pilgrimage, despite the intense summer heat, which has proven deadly in the past.
Pilgrims perform the last major ritual of the hajj -- the 'stoning of the devil' -- as Muslims around the globe celebrate the beginning of the Eid al-Adha holiday. Many of the 1.6 million pilgrims..
More than 1.5 million foreign pilgrims are in Saudi Arabia for Hajj
The Day of Arafat is of great significance to Muslims around the world, regarded as the most sacred day of the year according to..
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Pilgrims begin Hajj in Mecca amid heat and new restrictions
Muslims from across the world are gathering in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, for the Hajj — a sacred pilgrimage and one of Islam’s five..
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Monday, 2 June 2025
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