Authorities are expected to approach this year's pilgrimage with enhanced heat mitigation infrastructure and potentially ...

The deaths of 1,300 pilgrims during the hajj in Saudi Arabia last year underscored the urgent need to mitigate dangers posed by extreme heat, with crowd management an essential first step, analysts ...

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The victims include four adults and a 9-year-old child. Al-Abdulmohsen, a doctor from Saudi Arabia who lived in Germany, sought asylum there in 2016, citing threats from Saudi Arabia, before ...

The Maha Kumbh Mela, or Hindu pitcher festival, begins Monday in the northern Indian city of Prayagraj. Officials expect at least 400 million attendees over the next 45 days.

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The Kumbh Mela unites some 400 million pilgrims in India's sacred rivers, for cleansing sins and seeking salvation ...

Vast crowds of Hindu pilgrims in India bathed in sacred waters Monday as the Kumbh Mela festival opened, with organisers expecting 400 million people -- the largest gathering of humanity.