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At least 550 Muslim worshippers, around 323 of them were Egyptians, have died during the annual Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca, as temperatures approached 50 degrees. Most of the deaths were related to the extreme temperatures, the officials added, while one person died after sustaining fatal injuries during a minor crowd crush. Temperatures have pushed well past 40 degrees Celsius during the pilgrimage that around 1.8 million Muslims took part in this year. Egypt’s ministry of foreign affairs issued an official statement saying they are making intensive efforts, in cooperation with Saudi authoritie…

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