People look at tributes at a makeshift memorial outside the Itaewon subway station in the district of Itaewon in Seoul on October 30, 2022, the day after a Halloween stampede in the area.
Pope Francis on Sunday prayed for victims of the stampede in Seoul that killed more than 150 people during a Halloween event.
Following his traditional Angelus address at Saint Peter's Square, Francis asked the faithful to pray "for the so many, especially young people, who died last night in Seoul, the tragic consequence of the sudden crush of the crowd".
A person pays tribute to the victims near the scene of the stampede in Seoul during Halloween festivities.
The death toll in the halloween stampede in South Korea's capital Seoul has mounted to 153 and could rise further, as 19 people sustained serious injuries.
The stampede marked the worst tragedy in South Korea since the 2014 sinking of the ferry Sewol that killed 304 people, mostly high school students.