A report found alarming levels of sewage and faecal contamination in rivers where millions are bathing.

Does the world's largest religious gathering ever go to sleep? The BBC filmed through the night to find out.

At least 30 people died and several were injured in a crush at the religious festival in India this week.

Pilgrims rushing to take part in ritual bathing trampled over people on the banks of the Ganges.

The festival draws millions of Hindu pilgrims and spiritual seekers from India and across the globe.

Vikas Pandey and Samira Hussain explain how the chaos unfolded in northern India.

The surge happened when people who were sleeping on the riverbank were trampled by other pilgrims.

At least a dozen people are feared killed in a crush at a huge Hindu religious festival in northern India.