Almost 2.5 million Muslim hajj pilgrims scale Mount Arafat in Saudi Arabia as tens of thousands of stewards aim to prevent repeat of deadly stampede that killed 2,300 in 2015
Nearly 2.5 million Muslim hajj pilgrims converged on Mount Arafat in Saudi Arabia Saturday were marshalled by tens of thousands of stewards in a bid to prevent any repetition of previous years' deadly stampedes.
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