Friends and family members were desperately searching for missing Hajj pilgrims as the death toll from the annual rituals, conducted in searing heat in Saudi Arabia, has surged past 900. Relatives were scouring hospitals and pleading online for news, fearing the worst after temperatures soared to 51.8 degrees Celsius (125 Fahrenheit) in Mecca, Islam’s holiest [...]
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