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Saudis use AI, drones, cameras to keep hajj pilgrims safe

1.4m to perform hajj


June 05, 2025 00:00:00


MECCA, , June 4 (AFP): Working day and night in front of maps, screens and seemingly endless data, Saudi officials have harnessed artificial intelligence to help manage the million-strong sea of pilgrims during the hajj.

The technology has proven pivotal to track the overwhelming amount of footage from more than 15,000 cameras in and around the holy city of Mecca. It is a decade since the hajj suffered its worst disaster, a stampede that killed up to 2,300 people during the "stoning of the devil" ritual.


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