25 oddly beautiful photos of massive crowds of people

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At as I write this sentence, there are 7,313,527,932 people on earth.

Such a massive number of human beings can often look chaotic and overwhelming, but now and again human bodies can arrange themselves in a way that appears fascinating, and even beautiful.

Whether it's world records or huge group activities, when lots of people come together for a single purpose, special things can happen, as I think you'll see in the following images.