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Saudi Arabia has said it filled around 2,450 abandoned wells across the country, days after a five-year-old boy died when he fell into a well in Morocco’s Rif Mountains. The measures came after the world watched rescue attempts last week to save Rayan who fell into a dried-up well in Morocco whilst playing. Shortly after Rayan was retrieved from the well, authorities announced that the boy had died. Rayan’s case sparked debate on infrastructure in rural areas across the Arab world, including in Saudi Arabia where empty wells scatted the kingdom, long-abandoned since the decline of the village …