Saudi Arabia has announced that it recorded 1,301 deaths among pilgrims during the Haj season, 83 per cent of whom were unregistered individuals. The Saudi Health Minister Fahd Al-Jalajel said on Sunday that the kingdom's healthcare sector addressed "numerous" heat stress cases, with some individuals still in medical care. The pilgrims are not only pouring water over themselves to handle the heat but also covering their heads with boxes and umbrellas
Updated On: 2024-06-24 01:05 PM IST
Compiled by : Nascimento Pinto
A departing Turkish Muslim pilgrim pours cold water from a bottle on her head to cool off as she waits in Saudi Arabia's holy city of Mecca on June 20.
Muslim pilgrims perform the farewell circumambulation or "tawaf", circling seven times around the Kaaba, Islam's holiest shrine, at the Grand Mosque in the holy city of Mecca on June 18 at the end of the annual hajj pilgrimage.
A man shades himself with an umbrella as he walks with a bag of water bottles in Saudi Arabia's holy city of Mecca.
A departing Muslim pilgrim has a drink from a man as he sits next to other women in Saudi Arabia's holy city of Mecca on June 20.
A man shades his head with a cardboard box as he browses his phone while standing next to other women in Saudi Arabia's holy city of Mecca on June 20.
