Crowded street in Mumbai, India

Crowds of Zebras and Wildebeests in the Serengeti

From Tom: It’s inevitable when you visit Paris’s Louvre that you’ll eventually be drawn to Leonardo’s Mona Lisa. You won’t actually be able to get close enough and linger long enough to get a good look at it, though. The room is full of tourists with cameras, and for some reason they prefer to look at a digital image later than the original now.

From Charli: I hate crowds. They make me feel like a drone. as though I’m not individual but just one of the masses standing in line. This however, is my kind of crowd! Deep beneath the Coral Sea the Great Barrier Reef is teeming with life and crowds of brightly colored fish wizz about amongst the coral. Diving there is like being transported to an alien world full of color and form.

From Jeremy: On a busy day, the skies of Cappadocia can have over 100 balloons floating around. Our guide started us out at a distance to get away from it all, and our reward was a stunning view of this very crowded scene. How many can you count?

From James: My submission was taken at Shibuya Crossing (Tokyo), the busiest crosswalk in the world. Somehow these two managed to stand out in a big way in the sea of faces. Some people just have “it”.

From Jacomijns: In the city of Essaouira, Morocco I saw these boats in the harbour.
There were so much of them!! What a great picture they give!!

From Lisa: Clowns eating lunch in Times Square

From Jennifer: For me, Crowds = India. Here’s my entry: The crowds in Hyderabad, India observed by getting above the fray at the Charminar.

From Sam: When I was travelling in South America with my partner, I always had a habit of personifying the cacti we saw. Here, it looked to me just like this crowd of cacti were gathering around to watch the sunrise with us, as though they hadn’t been standing there all night in exactly the same position. I imagined them sighing as the first rays began to warm them, their spikes prickling with appreciation of the new day’s light.

From Travis: Our shot is from Istiklal Street, the main shopping and pedestrian street running from Taksim Square in Istanbul. This wasn’t even the busiest we saw it! The funniest thing is how fast you move down the street – you’d expect that it’d take ages, but it’s surprisingly efficient! Here is our link…can’t wait to see the rest of the submissions! Thanks again for hosting, especially where you are in the world! Safe travels.

From Suzanne: One close to home here and a crowd of poppies on the South Downs in East Sussex.

From Tash: Sitting in the crowd at an Indian Test Match in Delhi, cheering the Aussie team, there was nothing quite like watching the locals cheer and squeal their affection for Sachin Tendulkar – The Little Master. A bucket list item, for sure, as a cricket fan!

From Gianni: This was taken recently in Chiang Mai. Every year 10,000 monks from all over Thailand come to the city for a spectacular ceremony where they collect offerings from the crowd. The ceremony starts early in the morning. In this picture the monks are waiting for the ceremony to start.

From Kat: It was taken at a festival of the Jola Tribe in West Africa. They are famous for their displays of courage and strike themselves with everything from cutlasses to razor blades without every leaving a scratch! Anyone who would be interested in reading more about it, I’ve just posted about it on my blog (click the photo to read)

From Zara: Chawri Bazar in Old Delhi is a feast for the senses. You’ve got the crazy crowds passing by walking, in rickshaws, the animals, the vibrant colors of the clothing and the products being sold. They sights mix with intense smells of sweat, urine, spices or even samosas getting fried somewhere nearby. This is the kind of place no photo or description makes justice to. Only once you’re part of the crazy rhythm, you can feel the energy that I’m talking about.

From Shane: My submission here is a bit better though, I hope. During Songkran the whole of Chiang Mai goes bonkers. I literally had to fight my way through the crowds for three hours to get to this spot and take this shot.

From Lina: This shot was taken at an Acrobatic show in Beijing, China. There were many acts with just a few people on the stage, but the plate spinners started off small and got more chaotic as their act went on.

From Jade: The most crowded place I have ever been definitely has to be HCMC in Vietnam. Crossing the street was a death defying adventure amongst the millions of scooters that wizz down the streets.

From Debbie: If this giant trevally had lips, he’d be licking them as he watched this school (crowd?) of fusiliers, patiently deciding which one would be his lunch. Raja Ampat, Indonesia.

From Donny: We took this photo while on an overland safari in Africa. The Cape Cross Fur Seal Colony is located along Namibia’s Skeleton Coast. Here a lone jackal searches the seal “crowd” for an easy lunch.

From Cassie: I came upon this rather surprising crowd in Mexico City back in 2007. A group of nude, male farmers from the State of Veracruz were blocking traffic to protest a land-use decision made by a corrupt local politician. They were wearing the elected official’s face as a loincloth. Just another morning in Mexico City!

From Kathryn: Gannet colony near Auckland, New Zealand.

From Anil: I took this photo in my last visit to MongKok, one of the densest shopping districts.

From Tony: I took this shot in Pingyao, China. This scene was pretty much par for the course in this world heritage site. Pingyao is a massively popular destination for Chinese tourists, which means the crowds were ubiquitous and oppressive.

From Brandon: First Touchdown in Memorial Stadium…. Minnesota Gophers vs Nebraska Corn Huskers. 91,000 filled the stadium and after the first touchdown everyone lets a balloon fly away.

From Adam: This beautiful church in Lima, Peru has more than a few pigeons on its grounds and as naughty little boys wait to enter the church they like to scare this mass of birds up into the air. For whatever reason they all fly in a flock around the small square as locals and tourist a like cover their heads and hope they don’t get pooped on!