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Temperatures of 42 degrees Celsius (108 degrees Fahrenheit) are another challenge. However, a requirement to wear masks has been largely ignored. At Mina, the pilgrims were handed small bags containing masks and sanitiser, and ambulances were parked at the camp's entrances. The hajj ministry has said it is working on the highest levels of health precautions in light of the pandemic and the emergence of new variants. Some Gulf countries have tightened restrictions to keep outbreaks in check. All worshippers are fully vaccinated and submitted negative PCR tests, but the rituals are taking place against the backdrop of a resurgence of Covid-19 in the region. The crowds, capped at one million including 850,000 from abroad chosen by lottery, are the biggest since 2019 after two Covid-hit years when only tens of thousands were allowed. I can feel the guy next to me breathing into my face," the pilgrim said. One pilgrim complained about the lack of space in his room, before the manager asked his assistants to move him to another one. 'Breathing in my face' - Fridges packed with yoghurt, juice and water were waiting at the temporary accommodation in Mina, along with a food buffet and fruit baskets.
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State-run Al-Ekhbariya TV said the company handled pilgrimages from overseas and was responsible for "problems with food and accommodation" including a lack of air conditioning at the Mina camp. Saudi Arabia's hajj ministry demanded the sacking of two top officials at a company that organises pilgrimages, over their failure to provide decent services, the official Saudi Press Agency said on Thursday. The hajj, one of the world's biggest religious gatherings, has not gone smoothly for everyone. On Saturday, they will gather pebbles and perform the symbolic "stoning of the devil". Worshippers will pray and recite the Koran for several hours at the mountain and sleep nearby. The pilgrims are positioning themselves for the highlight of the hajj on Friday: ascending Mount Arafat, where the Prophet Mohammed is believed to have delivered his final sermon. This is all to be closer to God," Tunisian pilgrim Khaled Bin Jomaa, 44, said as he entered the camp on foot, carrying an umbrella and a prayer mat. Dressed in simple white robes, the pilgrims will spend the night in the air-conditioned white tents of Mina, which sits in a narrow valley surrounded by rocky mountains and is transformed each year into a vast encampment. Worshippers took buses or walked to Mina, seven kilometres (four miles) from Mecca's Grand Mosque, Islam's holiest site, where they circled the imposing black Kaaba at the start of the rituals on Wednesday. Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims journeyed from Saudi Arabia's Mecca to a white-tented city in Mina on Thursday as they neared the highlight of the biggest hajj ritual since the coronavirus pandemic began. Not only readers will benefit from this service but the publishers as well by increasing the value of newspaper advertising as it is now more interesting and interactive. After that, it will reproduce the stories with different formats. This turns on the camera and then users can snap stories on newspapers marked with “iSnap” logo.
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In order for users to use this app, they need to download the “Nation News” app then choose the iSnap feature.
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With iSnap, people can read newspapers through smart phones on their iPhone and Android ‘Nation News’ app from February 4 and Nation News currently has a download base of 208,000 and that number is expected to grow. iSnap is developed by Singapore-based Knorex Pte and has penetrated the mobile market by enabling readers to watch video, browse through photos and graphics, play game, engage in social media communication and interactive advertising. Thailand’s Nation Multimedia Group’s three national newspapers namely The Nation, Kom Chad Luek and Krungthep Turakij have adapted the iSnap multimedia augmented reality (AR) capability. ISnap helps being Thailand’s major newspaper to live with augmented reality capabilities.
