The discovery of a whale carcass in Hong Kong waters on Monday has sparked an outpouring of grief on social media, with many comments blaming the mammal's death on sightseers. Many residents thought the dead mammal was the whale that has attracted groups of sightseers since it was first spotted in the city’s waters in mid-July. Compass Chan, scientific officer of Ocean Park Conservation Foundation Hong Kong, didn't confirm whether it was the same whale. But he said an initial check on the dead whale found a new wound on its back, in addition to two old wounds.
The General Presidency for the Affairs of the Grand Mosque and the Prophet's Mosque, in cooperation with some non-profit organizations, has distributed 36,000 Iftar meals to worshippers in the Grand Mosque of Makkah on Ashura Day, which fell on the 10th of Muharram. A presidency representative said that 150 employees of both genders helped distribute the meals at designated places in the mosque. Earlier, the Presidency said that all its agencies and departments were ready to receive visitors to the Grand Mosque on the 10th of Muharram.
The King Salman Bin Abdulaziz Royal Natural Reserve has been accredited by the International Union for Conservation of Nature for meeting international administrative classification standards. The accreditation is a significant endorsement, qualifying the reserve to be included among efficiently managed and effective natural reserves.
Red Sea Global (RSG) - the developer behind two of the world’s most ambitious regenerative tourism destinations, The Red Sea and Amaala - successfully opened its first mangrove nursery in Saudi Arabia. The project will support RSG’s aim to plant 50 million mangrove trees by 2030, in partnership with the National Center for Vegetation Development and Combating Desertification.
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