Saudi Arabia adds live crowd updates to ease Umrah congestion at the Two Holy Mosques

Gulf News reports Saudi Arabia has introduced live crowd updates to help Umrah pilgrims avoid congestion at the Two Holy Mosques. The other items in this feed concern a Saudi helicopter crash near the Yemen border and are not part of this story.

Timeline

1. 18 Oct, 11:57 UTCGulf News reports live crowd updates launched
2. 18 Oct, 16:20 UTCPicked up on Google Trends
3. 18 Oct, 17:46 UTCReached #1 on TrendHeat

Top sources

• custodian of the two holy mosquesGoogle Trends
• Saudi Arabia introduces live crowd updates to help Umrah pilgrims avoid congestion at Two Holy mosquesGulf News
• Saudi helicopter crash kills two troops near Yemen borderFinancial Times
• Saudi closes Riyadh skyscraper as chopper pilots killed near YemenSouth China Morning Post
• Landmark Riyadh skyscraper orders tenants to work from home amid Houthi attacksThe Times of Israel