The stampede at a domestic football match in eastern Indonesia that led to at least 174 deaths late on Saturday is the latest in a long line of football stadium tragedies.
Here are some of the worst:
Peru
May 24, 1964
Three hundred twenty people were killed and more than 1,000 were injured during a stampede at a Peru-Argentina Olympic qualifier at Lima's National Stadium. Fans could not escape the crush and were trampled or asphyxiated.
Russia
October 20, 1982
Mystery still surrounds the total number who died at the end of a Uefa Cup match between Spartak Moscow and Dutch side Haarlem at the Luzniki Stadium resulting from a crush in a stairwell. Officially it remains at 66 -- 45 of them teenagers -- but according to daily newspaper Sovietski Sport the numbers were far higher, with 340 killed.
Ghana
May 9, 2001
One hundred twenty-six people died in Accra at the end of a match between Hearts of Oaks and Kumasi, when Kumasi supporters, angered by their team's defeat, threw projectiles and broke chairs. Police threw tear-gas grenades, triggering a stampede.
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England
April 15, 1989
A crush in the stands at Sheffield Wednesday's Hillsborough Stadium led to the deaths of 97 Liverpool fans during an FA Cup semi-final with Nottingham Forest.
May 11, 1985
Fifty-six people were killed when a blaze broke out in wooden stands during a match between Bradford and Lincoln City.
Guatemala
October 16, 1996
Around 80 spectators lost their lives after being crushed by fans piling into a stand at the Mateo Flores National Stadium for the 1998 World Cup qualifier between Guatemala and Costa Rica.
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Scotland
January 2, 1971
Sixty-six people were killed in a crush at the Ibrox Stadium during a Rangers-Celtic derby. It was the stadium's second disaster, after a stand collapsed in 1902, killing 26 people.
Egypt
February 1, 2012
The Port Said stadium tragedy in Egypt saw 74 people killed after clashes between rival sets of supporters of local club Al-Masry and Cairo-based Al-Ahly.
February 17, 1974
Forty-eight people died and 47 were injured when 80,000 people crammed into a stadium with a capacity of 40,000.
South Africa
April 11, 2001
Forty-three people died during a stampede at Ellis Park stadium in Johannesburg during a match between the Orlando Pirates and the Kaizer Chiefs.
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January 13, 1991
Forty died during a melee at an Orlando Pirates-Kaizer Chiefs match.
Belgium
29 May, 1985
Thirty-nine killed at Heysel Stadium in Brussels when Juventus fans tried to flee Liverpool fans.
France
May 5, 1992
Eighteen people were killed and more than 2,300 injured when a terrace collapsed in Furiani stadium in Corsica.
Cameroon
January 24, 2022
Eight people were killed and dozens more injured in a crush and stampede prior to an African Cup of Nations match between hosts Cameroon and the Comoros in Yaounde.
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