Even if it wasn't the smallest "global rally" on record, it had to be the first in which the organizers gave out honest crowd estimates ahead of time.

In Belgrade, capital of both Yugoslavia and Serbia, the country's largest republic, crowds estimated in the tens of thousands held rallies against the ethnic Albanians.

His funeral Mass took place at St. Patrick's Cathedral, outside of which a crowd estimated at 75,000 waited.

A crowd estimated at over 1,000 assembled to see the installation's arrival.

It was in Rio de Janeiro in 1950, and a crowd estimated at 200,000 jammed into Maracana Stadium for the final game.

A 6,000-person parade in western Long Island that curved into parts of Queens drew a crowd estimated at 40,000 along its winding path, however.

When lawyers for Mr. Muhammad went to court, they reduced their crowd estimates to about 175,000.

Outside, a crowd estimated by police as high as 3,000, umbrellas in hand, stood in a line that stretched up Broadway and around the block.

Within a few hours, a crowd estimated at 20,000 people gathered in the plaza.

On Saturday evening, a crowd the police estimated at 600,000 gathered on a field in Krakow for a prayer service for young people.