Stampede kills dozens in India at world's largest religious gathering
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4.6 • 943 Ratings
🗓️ 29 January 2025
⏱️ 50 minutes
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A deadly stampede interrupts celebrations at a Hindu festival in northern India, leaving dozens of people dead. Kumbh Mela is the world’s largest religious gathering, where upwards of 400 million pilgrims gather at the confluence of two rivers for sacred rituals. Also, US-funded assistance programs across the globe are reeling after the Trump administration freezes most foreign aid. And, scientists discover a wealth of deep sea animal life surrounding a volcano beneath an ocean in the Arctic. Plus, Vietnam rings in its Lunar New Year celebrations with a song by ABBA.
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| 1:03.9 | News is still coming out about a stampede at a Hindu festival in northern India. |
| 1:08.1 | At least 30 people have died and that number continues to rise. |
| 1:11.9 | This happened at a festival known as the Kummela, the largest gathering of humans in one place |
| 1:17.3 | on earth. It happens only once every 12 years in January and February. Over the course of several |
| 1:24.1 | weeks, hundreds of millions of devotees traveled to bathe at the confluence |
| 1:28.3 | of two holy rivers. Reported Sishmita Patak spoke with us this morning from Delhi to explain |
| 1:33.8 | what happened today. So, Margo, police say the stampede started before dawn when a huge crowd |
| 1:40.1 | jumped barricades and rushed to take a dip. It happened at this narrow triangular piece of land |
| 1:46.6 | where the two sacred rivers meet. This is the most popular spot for bathing in the whole area. |
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