HALLOWEEN STAMPEDE VICTIMS MOURNED

A mourner pays her respects at a memorial altar for victims of a deadly crowd crush that killed more than 150 people in Seoul, South Korea. Tens of thousands of costumed partygoers headed into Itaewon, a popular nightlife district, for the city’s first Halloween celebration since Covid restrictions were lifted. Festivities descended into chaos, with harrowing social-media footage showing huge crowds crammed into a narrow alley when the stampede began.