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"Many collapsed in the street" – 1,000 dead in Mecca

The death toll in connection with the Muslim pilgrimage, Hajj, has exceeded 1,000, according to a compilation by the news agency AFP. Several thousand people have required medical attention for heatstroke in the Saudi heat, where the temperature has reportedly climbed to 52 degrees at times.
"Many collapsed in the street" – 1,000 dead in Mecca
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