California's pumpkin community expressed bafflement at last week's riot at a pumpkin festival in Keene, New Hampshire, which saw fires, clashes with police, 30 injures and 84 arrests.
Throughout recent history, deadly stampedes, fires, clashes with security forces and one bombing have killed thousands of Hajjis.
Majd Arar who is based in the Malki district tweeted: Majd Arar (@MajdArar) An all night of artillery fire & clashes in #Damascus particularly in the eastern neighborhoods.
Archbishop Williams spoke out in August against the persecution of Christians in Pakistan after eight Christians were burned alive as homes were set on fire in clashes with Muslims.
"The ballots were delivered in the dead of night, and we weren't told they were coming until the last minute," said Sergei Pashkovsky, the head of the electoral committee at polling station 239, opposite the charred shell of the regional administration, set on fire during clashes this month.
NIGERIA: VIOLENCE OVER MUSLIM LAW -- At least 10 people were killed as mosques and churches were set on fire in clashes between Christians and Muslims in the northern city of Kaduna after thousands of Christians marched to protest plans to carry out Islamic law in Kaduna state.
Relations looked set to improve last year after the newly elected Indian prime minister, Narendra Modi, invited his counterpart to his inauguration, but they deteriorated rapidly amid fierce exchanges of artillery fire and clashes along the disputed border between the two south Asian states.
Police in South Africa have opened fire during clashes with striking workers at the Marikana platinum mine, leaving at least 12 people dead, witnesses say.
Dozens of people were injured and many shops set on fire in clashes between Sunni and Shia Muslims in the city.
Police in South Africa have opened fire during clashes with striking workers at the Marikana platinum mine, leaving at least seven people dead.
In the latest disorder, a police bus and riot vehicle were set on fire during clashes with protesters, the authorities say.
