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Sweat, pray, love: extreme heat hounds hajj
Sweat, pray, love: extreme heat hounds hajj
by  AFP

The hajj pilgrimage can be physically draining even in ideal conditions, but worshippers this year face an added challenge: scorching sun and temperatures rising to 42 degrees Celsius (108 degrees Fahrenheit).

Pilgrims scale Mount Arafat for climax of biggest Covid-era hajj
Pilgrims scale Mount Arafat for climax of biggest Covid-era hajj
by  AFP

Huge crowds of Muslim pilgrims started praying on Saudi Arabia's Mount Arafat early Friday, the high point of the biggest hajj pilgrimage since the pandemic forced drastic cuts in numbers for two years in a row. In the early hours of Friday, they converged on Mount Arafat, where the Prophet Mohammed is believed to have delivered his final sermon, for the most important of the hajj rituals.

After war, Syrians in Jordan find joy and jobs in dance
After war, Syrians in Jordan find joy and jobs in dance
by  AFP

Singing joyfully to beating drums, Syrian refugees who fled brutal civil war perform traditional "Arada" dances in neighbouring Jordan, honouring their home culture and earning extra income. Syria's war is estimated to have killed nearly half a million people and displaced millions; more than 6.6 million fled to neighbouring Jordan, Turkey and Lebanon.

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