The General Authority for the Affairs of the Grand Mosque and the Prophet’s Mosque reported that over 122 million visitors attended these sacred sites during Ramadan, with detailed statistics showing 16,558,241 Umrah performers, 92,132,169 worshipers at Masjid al-Haram, and 30,154,543 at Masjid an-Nabawi.
A video circulating on social media shows a woman slapping a security officer at Masjid an Nabawi in Medina. Local authorities confirmed that the woman was arrested on Saturday after the incident, which is now under investigation by the Medina region police.
During Ramadan 2025, the Saudi Red Crescent in Medina swiftly rescued an 85-year-old Iraqi pilgrim who suffered a heart attack in the courtyards of the Prophet’s Mosque.
Intense rainstorms and flash floods have plunged parts of Saudi Arabia into chaos, transforming streets into rivers and causing widespread disruption across the holy cities of Makkah and Medina.