Over 1,000 lives were lost in a deadly heatwave during this year's Hajj, with a significant number being unregistered pilgrims, including 630 Egyptians. The pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia's scorching Mecca saw temperatures peak at 51.8°C (125°F) this week, highlighting severe health risks.
Over a thousand people have died during this year's hajj, with over half of the dead being unregistered pilgrims who underwent the sweltering Saudi Arabian heat for the trip.
According to an Arab ambassador who supplied a breakdown indicating that 630 of the 658 Egyptians who died were unregistered pilgrims, 58 of the fresh deaths announced on Thursday were from Egypt.
One of the five pillars of Islam that all Muslims who have the means to do so must at least once accomplish is the pilgrimage, of which 1,081 deaths have been documented from about ten different nations.
This year, the hajj took place in the middle of Saudi Arabia's scorching heat, as per the lunar Islamic calendar.
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