• 09/21/2024

Pilgrim Deaths in Mecca Put Spotlight on Underworld Hajj Industry

New York Times

Most of the more than 1,300 people who died making the Islamic pilgrimage were not formally registered, a Saudi official said. That left them with little access to protection from the brutal heat.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/23/world/middleeast/hajj-pilgrim-deaths-saudi-arabia.html