In 2021, some 60,000 residents of Saudi Arabia attended. ... Only those between the ages of 18 to 65 could attend the hajj in recent years. Saudi Arabia also had limited which private companies ...

The pandemic caused the number of Hajj pilgrims to dwindle to 1,000 in 2020, but it rose to about 60,000 in 2021, when the Hajj was opened only to residents of Saudi Arabia.

Hajj heat wave deaths underscore climate threat for most vulnerable. Many of those who died this month from extreme heat in Saudi Arabia were unregistered pilgrims without access to cooling ...

In 2021, few foreign visitors were admitted to Saudi Arabia, and all needed to be vaccinated and to present a negative COVID-19 test. In 2022, only 900,000 pilgrims visited the holy city. Link copied!

Saudi Arabia has warmed at a rate that is 50% higher than the rest of the Northern Hemisphere over the last 40 years, according to a 2021 study published by the American Meteorological Society.

Hajj: Saudi Arabia says no limit on number of pilgrims in 2023. ... Only 1,000 Saudis performed the annual Islamic ritual in 2020, while the figure was increased to 60,000 Saudi pilgrims in 2021.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Islam's annual hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia will return to pre-pandemic levels this year after restrictions saw the annual religious commemoration curtailed over ...

Fewer than 10,000 pilgrims performed the Hajj in 2020 and around 60,000 in 2021 — all of them residents of Saudi Arabia since pilgrims were forbidden to come from abroad.

The pandemic caused the number of Hajj pilgrims to dwindle to 1,000 in 2020, but it rose to about 60,000 in 2021, when the Hajj was opened only to residents of Saudi Arabia.

Islam’s annual hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia will return to pre-pandemic levels this year after restrictions saw the annual religious ... In 2021, some 60,000 residents of Saudi Arabia ...