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The health minister of Saudi Arabia said at least 1,301 died during the pilgrimage. [2] [7] Of the dead, at least 600 were Egyptian pilgrims. Jordanian diplomats stated that 60 Jordanians also died from extreme heat. [8] Tunisia's foreign ministry reported that at least 35 Tunisian pilgrims died during "a sharp rise in temperatures".
The average daily wet-bulb temperatures during Hajj between 1979 and 2019 exceeded the US National Weather Service danger threshold of 24.6 °C (76.3 °F) on 38 days, nearly half of which took place in 2015–2019. The study also showed that Hajj pilgrims from countries with colder average temperature were 4.5 times more likely to die than ...
The Day of Arafah (Arabic: يوم عرفة, romanized: Yawm 'Arafah) is an Islamic holiday that falls on the ninth day of Dhu al-Hijjah of the lunar Islamic Calendar. [4] It is the second day of the Hajj pilgrimage and is followed by the holiday of Eid al-Adha. [5]
Pyrotechnics used during a show ignited rubber foam used to soundproof the ceiling, setting the entire club ablaze in minutes. The main entrance was only accessible through a narrow hall where most of the crush occurred. 251: 1 February 2004: 2004 Hajj stampede: Saudi Arabia: Mina: Occurred at Jamarat Bridge during the Stoning of the Devil ...
Russian invasion of Ukraine. Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure, Ukrainian energy crisis. A series of Russian ballistic missile and drone strikes target critical energy infrastructure in cities across in Ukraine, killing at least two people, injuring 20 others, and causing widespread emergency blackouts.
Chrismukkah is a rare real-life occurrence where the first night of Hanukkah corresponds with Christmas Day. This overlap hasn’t occurred since 2005, just two years after The O.C. character Seth ...
Watch a live stream of today’s SpaceX launch in Texas at the top of the blog below Starship launch as it happened: SpaceX aborts ‘chopstick’ catch of world’s biggest rocket Skip to main ...
During martial law a public holiday is not a non-working day. [10]Easter postcard (by Jacques Hnizdovsky). Before the Orthodox Church of Ukraine [11] [12] and the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church [13] switched to the Revised Julian calendar in September 2023 all religious holidays were observed according to the Julian calendar, since then Christmas is officially celebrated on 25 December. [5]