A set of cameras, including closed circuit television cameras (CCTV), are installed on a pole, enabling police at the Integrated Command and Control Center to monitor the crowds during the Maha Kumbh Mela festival in Prayagraj on January 17, 2025. Keen to improve India's abysmal crowd management record at large-scale religious events, organisers of the world's largest human gathering are using artificial intelligence (AI) to try to prevent stampedes. (Photo by Niharika KULKARNI / AFP) / TO GO WITH India-religion-festival-AI, FOCUS (Photo by NIHARIKA KULKARNI/AFP via Getty Images)