More than 1.5 million foreign pilgrims moved Thursday from Mina to Mount Arafat in Saudi Arabia in the second day of Hajj. Drone footage showed thousands of pilgrims streaming into Arafat, some making the journey on foot, carrying their luggage through temperatures nudging 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit). Others carried the elderly.
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Drone footage shows Muslim pilgrims converging for 2nd day of Hajj

More than 1.5 million foreign pilgrims moved Thursday from Mina to Mount Arafat in Saudi Arabia in the second day of Hajj. Drone footage showed thousands of pilgrims streaming into Arafat, some making the journey on foot, carrying their luggage through temperatures nudging 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit). Others carried the elderly.
 
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