pilgrimage

Millions of pilgrims gather around the Holy Shrines of Imam Hussain and Imam Abbas in Karbala, Iraq during Arba’een. Heat-related illness is already a concern whenever these crowded conditions occur in extreme summer temperatures, but climate change could make dangerous temperatures more common by the end of the 21st century. Credit: Larry E. Johns via Wikimedia Commons Around 20 million Shia Muslims participate in Arba'een,…

Click and gape at the Vatican's Sistine Chapel ceiling up close. Click again and join thousands of pilgrims praying and circling around the cube-shaped Kaaba at Islam's most sacred site. Or stream a headset and enter the holy city of Jerusalem. There you'll hear the murmur of Jewish prayers at the Western Wall or thousands of worshippers saying amen in unison at the Al-Aqsa Mosque. You can even light a virtual candle at the site where Christians believe Jesus rose from the grave.All this without ever leaving home.…