The shoes of victims of the deadly Halloween crowd crush are lined up at a gym on Tuesday in Seoul, South Korea. At least 156 are known to have died in the accident in Itaewon. Photo: Chung Sung-Jun/VCG
Search and rescue work continues on Monday in India’s western state Gujarat after a century-old cable suspension bridge collapsed into a river during Diwali celebrations, killing at least 141 people. Photo: Ajit Solanki/VCG
A police officer picks up an American flag in Highland Park, Illinois, on July 5. A mass shooting occurred at the site ahead of an Independence Day parade the day prior. Seven people were killed and dozens were injured. Photo: Stacey Wescott/VCG
More than 40 people were killed and over 65 injured during a crowd crush at a religious bonfire festival in Israel in April 2021. Photo: VCG
People check victims’ belongings at the Bingu National Stadium in Lilongwe, Malawi on July 6, 2017. A stampede occurred during the republic’s 53rd anniversary that day, leaving eight dead and more than 60 injured. Photo: Amos Gumulira/VCG
People inspect the scene of a blast outside a mosque in the capital Sanaa, Yemen on Sept. 24, 2015. At least 25 people were killed during two suicide bomb attacks targeting people performing Eid al-Adha prayers. Photo: Mohammed Hamoud/VCG
Muslim pilgrims circle the Holy Kaaba, during the Hajj on Jan. 12, 2006, in the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia. A stampede occurred when pilgrims tried to stone a pillar representing the devil in the holy city of Mina, resulting in the deaths of 363 people. Photo: Muhannad Fala’ah/VCG
A resident bows in prayer for victims died in a stampede in Shanghai in January 2015. On Dec. 31, 2014, a stampede occurred on the Bund in Shanghai killing 36 people and injuring 49 others. Around 300,000 people had gathered there to celebrate the new year. Photo: VCG