日期：2025.6.13
文章級別：高級節錄自：Heat warnings taken to heart as hajj reaches peak, RTHK News
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Muslim worshippers prayed on Mount Arafat during the high point of the hajj pilgrimage as authorities urged them to avoid the hottest hours of the day after tragedy struck last year.
Thousands of white-robed pilgrims recited Koranic verses from dawn on the 70-metre rocky rise near Mecca on Thursday, where the Prophet Mohammed is believed to have given his last sermon.
But numbers thinned by midday following official warnings for pilgrims to stay inside between 10 am and 4 pm.
Barring a few years of Covid restrictions, this hajj season has recorded the lowest number of pilgrims in over three decades.
The dip comes after 1,301 people died in temperatures that hit 51.8 degrees Celsius last year – most of them illegal pilgrims, according to Saudi authorities, who implemented stringent measures to reduce their numbers this season.
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閱讀理解題目
- Why are there measures to reduce number of pilgrims this season?
- Were there any restrictions in the previous hajj seasons?
- Was this year's measure effective? How?
