More than 1.5 million pilgrims brave fierce Mecca heat ahead of Hajj
More than 1.5 million pilgrims brave fierce Mecca heat ahead of Hajj.

More than 1.5 million pilgrims brave fierce Mecca heat ahead of Hajj.









We explore why water infrastructure is increasingly being targeted in the midst of war and conflict.
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Swiss musician To Athena has performed inside a cave in a melting glacier to highlight ice loss in the Alps.
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The household’s only survivor was a young boy who was injured in the tremor.

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