
Annual pilgrimages attract millions of devotees each year, serving as powerful expressions of cultural and spiritual identity. With ~23 million people, the Middle East region manages one of the world’s largest temporary population movements.
The logistical magnitude of pilgrimages presents extraordinary challenges in crowd management, language barriers, medical emergencies, and security concerns. Countries are leveraging advanced technological solutions, from AI surveillance to multilingual robots to address these challenges.
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