Mass gatherings are events attended by a sufficient number of people to strain the planning and response resources of the host community, state/province, nation, or region where it is being held.
[1][2] Definitions of a mass gathering generally include the following: Mass gatherings are usually sporting events (such as Olympic Games) or religious pilgrimages (such as Kumbh Mela or Arba'een Pilgrimage).
They are highly visible [3] and in some cases, millions of people attend them.
Here is some Statistics about the latest mass gatherings in the world: 2022: July: Hajj in Mecca: 1 million [4] September: Arba'een Pilgrimage in Karbala: 21 million [5] 2020-2021: No more mass gathering due to COVID-19 2020: January: Qasem Soleimani's funeral in Tehran: 7 million [6] 2019: January: Kumbh Mela in Allahabad: 14 million [7] February: Kumbh Mela in Allahabad: 50 million [8] August: Hajj in Mecca: 2.5 million [9] October: Arba'een Pilgrimage in Karbala: 18 million [10] Mass Gathering Medicine is a new field of medicine that focuses on the health risks of mass gatherings.
[11] The World Health Organization through its "Department of Global Alert and Response" supports Member States hosting mass gatherings and regularly receives a large number of requests for technical support by countries organizing large mass gatherings.