The lost-and-found center at the world’s largest religious gathering attends to the faithful’s earthly needs as they perform ...

New Delhi Railway Station saw heavy crowding as Maha Kumbh Mela pilgrims packed the platforms. Four women fainted amid the rush. Officials denied reports of a stampede, calling them rumours.

Paddling in the Strait of Magellan, Adrián Simancas was caught in a humpback’s lunge. “I realized that I was in something’s mouth and I had been eaten,” he said.