Heavy monsoon rains triggered a landslide on a Hindu pilgrimage route in northern India’s Jammu region, killing at least 30 people, ANI news agency reported on Wednesday.

Raging wildfires in Spain have reached the southern slopes of the Picos de Europa mountains, prompting authorities to close part of the iconic Camino de Santiago pilgrimage route.

Rescue operations are underway in the Indian Himalayan state of Uttarakhand after devastating floods and landslides left hundreds stranded along the route to the sacred Hindu town of Gangotri. Helicopters were deployed Thursday to evacuate those trapped as authorities confirmed at least four fatalities and several people missing.

Nearly two million Muslim pilgrims assembled on Mount Arafat in western Saudi Arabia on Thursday, marking the spiritual pinnacle of the annual Hajj pilgrimage.

Thirty-five Pakistani pilgrims lost their lives, and 18 others were injured in a bus accident in Iran on Wednesday morning.

Hundreds of visitors have died during the annual Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca amid scorching heat, according to press reports and foreign ministries.