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At least 550 hajj pilgrims die in scorching temperatures

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At least 550 hajj pilgrims die in scorching temperatures

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World News@beehaw.orgEnglish · 5 months ago

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Pilgrims from Egypt, Jordan, Indonesia, Iran and Senegal have died during the hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia this year as temperatures have soared to over 50 degrees Celsius.

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Yup, they are one of the most inhuman regimes on the planet, right up there with the likes of China and North Korea: https://www.hrw.org/report/2023/08/21/they-fired-us-rain/saudi-arabian-mass-killings-ethiopian-migrants-yemen-saudi

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