Mecca’s Grand Mosque plagued by swarm of locusts

By News on the Net —— Bio and Archives January 11, 2019

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A massive swarm of locusts plagued Mecca, Saudi Arabia, earlier this week, prompting authorities at Islam’s holiest site to launch a cleaning operation to remove them. Videos posted to social media showed the insects swarming around cleaners and worshipers in the city’s Grand Mosque, where millions of Muslim pilgrims congregate every year. -- More....