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Night photograph of a dense crowd pressing around two white vans with blue and orange emergency lights, near a yellow metal barricade. Saffron-robed sadhus and devotees are visible in the crowd, and uniformed police and security officers in khaki stand along the barriers. Red flags and tall decorated staffs with green and gold fabric rise above the people. A red banner with Hindi text hangs on the right, and a red and white signboard is visible at the top. Many people are holding up phones and cameras. Sunlight is absent; the scene is lit by artificial light.

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May 21 20162016-05-21May 21 20162016-05-21May 09th 20162016-05-09May 21 20162016-05-21April 22 20162016-04-22Night photograph of a dense crowd of many hundreds of people filling a street during a procession. Men in white caps and turbans, many in white and pale clothes, press together near orange flags on poles and a large orange-and-white banner with Devanagari lettering. On the left, a decorated palanquin or float with a green canopy and red-and-gold fringed canopy is partly visible, flanked by orange pennants. Trucks and a bus with painted panels stand at the right edge. Several women in yellow and orange saris stand among the crowd near the lower right, and the scene is lit by street and vehicle lights.2016-05-09May 09th 20162016-05-09April 24 20162016-04-24A large outdoor procession moves along a road lined with yellow metal barricades through a dense crowd of thousands. In the foreground, many devotees in white dhotis and white shawls, several wearing red and saffron cloths and garlands, walk in a group. Red and orange flags on poles rise above them, and green and white umbrellas shade a central group. Behind them, an ornate golden palanquin or ratha is visible at the top left, under the flags. Uniformed police and volunteers in yellow safety vests line the barricades. Tents, banners and trees fill the background.2016-05-21A dense night crowd fills a street during a procession, with many people in white clothing and caps moving forward together. Numerous saffron-orange flags on tall poles rise above the crowd, and a large yellow banner with red border text is carried at the top left. A white van and a large dark tanker truck with a green-and-white cab stand along the road at right. Most faces are in the middle distance and many people are only partly visible, so the count is best given as a range.2016-05-09A dense night crowd fills a riverside road at the Ujjain Kumbh Mela, lit by tall street lamps and green-lit trees. Many devotees in white shirts and caps push forward, and some hold up mobile phones. Red flags and colourful umbrellas in red, yellow, blue and orange rise above the crowd, and uniformed police stand among the people. In the background a lit temple and ghat area glows with decorative lights. a person's presence is not clearly visible in this crowd scene.2016-04-24Night procession of a very dense crowd filling a city street, with many people walking under a row of ornate umbrellas in yellow, green, maroon and pink with silver borders, many carried on poles. Orange and red flags are held aloft among the crowd, and some men wear white and orange clothing and turbans. Yellow metal barricades line the right side, and a large portrait banner of a bearded saint hangs on a building at the upper left, lit by street lights and storefronts.2016-05-21