‘I’m surrounded by millions of people but I could still die from the heat’ – This is climate breakdown

The Guardian UK Monday 09 November 2026, 12:00 UTC By Zirrar Ali, as told to Sid Naidu and Maraya Cooper 1 min read

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He went to Saudi Arabia to perform the sacred hajj pilgrimage – then the heat came. This is Zirrar Ali’s storyLocation: Mecca, Saudi ArabiaDisaster: Heatwave, 2024After a transformative experience in Iran, Zirrar Ali quit his corporate 9-5 job and began travel writing. Seven years later, he and his elderly father were participating in the sacred five-day Muslim pilgrimage, the hajj, when temperatures soared to more than 51C. The climate crisis has already made peak temperatures in Mecca...

He went to Saudi Arabia to perform the sacred hajj pilgrimage – then the heat came. This is Zirrar Ali’s story

Location: Mecca, Saudi Arabia

Disaster: Heatwave, 2024

After a transformative experience in Iran, Zirrar Ali quit his corporate 9-5 job and began travel writing. Seven years later, he and his elderly father were participating in the sacred five-day Muslim pilgrimage, the hajj, when temperatures soared to more than 51C. The climate crisis has already made peak temperatures in Mecca about 2C hotter than in preindustrial times.

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