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Added on the 15/08/2016 18:53:55 - Copyright : Reuters EN
A Saudi-Palestinian company invents 'smart umbrellas' featuring a navigation system and a solar-powered fan for Muslim pilgrims to use during the hot days of the Haj in Mecca. No reporter narration.
Researchers at Rice University have created a mobile, solar-powered facility that can sterilize surgical instruments areas lacking the proper facilities.
Shiite Muslim pilgrims gather around the Imam Hussein Shrine, Prophet Mohammed's grandson, in Iraq's central holy city of Karbala, as they mark the Arbaeen religious festival commemorating the seventh century killing of the Imam. IMAGES
Muslim pilgrims arrive at their camps in Mina where they will spend the night before heading to Mount Arafat. IMAGES
Shiite Muslim pilgrims march with flags en route to the holy city of Karbala from Iraq's southern province of al-Muthanna, ahead of the holiday of Arbaeen. Each year, pilgrims converge in large numbers to the Iraqi shrine cities of Najaf and Karbala ahead of Arbaeen, which marks the 40th day after Ashura. IMAGES
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).