Millions take 'holy dip' a day after fatal stampede
"We are walking very carefully and trying to avoid the crowded areas," he said. Police said 30 people were killed in the stampede at the world's biggest gathering of humanity and 60 were injured, but sources said the death toll was more than 50 and a witness counted at least 39 bodies in the morgue. — Reuters
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