#Bahrain how many people in a crowd when its claimed to be made up of hundreds of thousands - actually not that many - 500 people are highlighted left in groups of a hundred colour coded Try it yourself its fun March 9th Shia Rally was not the mass turn out - as claimed. Claims made by various organizations and media outlets vary from half a million to several hundred thousand. Yet here in this picture provided by Maryam AlKhawaja of a 500 meter section of road I can only find about 2000 people even if I am generous - the Rally was said to be 1500 meters long. So you do the maths and see what figure you arrive at