
Muslim pilgrims pray on Mount Arafat in Hajj climax
The desert summer heat is expected to hit 43°C More than 1.5 million Muslims will pray on Mount Arafat in soaring temperatures on Saturday, in the high-point and most gruelling day of the annual Hajj pilgrimage. Worshippers from all over the world will climb the rocky, 70-metre hill, about 20 kilometres from Mecca, where the…