Loved ones search for missing pilgrims after Haj heat deaths
The death toll in the holy city of Mecca edged towards 1000, as the temperature sweltered to 51.8 degrees Celsius. An Arab diplomat told AFP that deaths among Egyptians alone had jumped to “at least 600”, from more than 300 a day earlier, mostly from the unforgiving heat.

That figure brought the total reported dead so far to 922, according to an AFP tally of figures released by various countries.