Saudi Arabia executed six people for murder and drug offences on Monday, thought to be the highest number in a single day since the year began.
The deaths are thought to bring the number of executions claimed by the government so far in 2017 to 44.
A Pakistani man was killed for drug trafficking and five Saudi nationals were killed for homicide, the interior minister said.
The kingdom has one of the highest execution rates in the world, handing down the death penalty for terror, murder, rape, armed robbery and drug trafficking crimes.
A June report by human rights organisation Reprieve found that 41 per cent of those executed in Saudi Arabia in 2017 were killed for non-violent acts such as attending political protests.
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