People cross barriers near an area where dozens of people were killed in a crowd crush in Prayagraj, India, on Wednesday, January 29, 2025. The tragedy happened as tens of millions of Hindu devotees went to bathe in a river on one of the most sacred days of Maha Kumbh Mela, or the festival of the Sacred Pitcher. (Photo by Atul Loke/The New York Times/Redux)
