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All Saints Day around the world – in pictures

All saints day: A woman fills a jug with water for flowers to decorate graves, Guatemala
Salcajá, Guatemala: A woman fills a jug with water for the flowers she is using to decorate the graves Photograph: Rodrigo Abd/AP
All saints day: A man cleans a tombstone at the Nueva Esperanza cemetery, Peru
Lima, Peru: A man cleans a tombstone at the Nueva Esperanza cemetery in the shantytown of Villa María del Triunfo Photograph: Karel Navarro/AP
All saints day: Families visit their departed ones at the Manila North Cemetery
Manila, Philippines: Graves at the Manila North cemetery Photograph: Dondi Tawatao/Getty Images
All saints day: A man works during All Saints Day in a cemetery, Spain
Cordoba, Spain: A man works during All Saints Day in a cemetery Photograph: Manu Fernandez/AP
All saints day: A man sits on a grave at the Municipal Cemetery in Guatemala City
Guatemala City, Guatemala: A man sits on a grave at the municipal cemetery Photograph: Jorge Dan Lopez/Reuters
All saints day: Family members decorate the graves of a departed relatives, Guatemala
Zunil, Guatemala: Family members decorate the graves of departed relatives Photograph: Rodrigo Abd/AP
All saints day: People gather near the graves of their relatives in Manila
Manila, Philippines: People gather near the graves of their relatives in a cemetery during the commemoration of All Saints Day Photograph: Erik De Castro/Reuters
All saints day: A woman clean's the grave of a relative in the cemetery , Spain
Casabermeja, Spain: A woman cleans the grave of a relative in the cemetery Photograph: Jorge Guerrero/AFP/Getty Images
All saints day: A woman pours lime onto a grave in the Cemetery of Sumpango Sacatepequez
Sumpango Sacatepequez, Guatemala: A woman pours milk on a grave Photograph: Jorge Dan Lopez/Reuters
All saints day: Musicians and a ballon vendor walk in the Nueva Esperanza cementery, Lima
Lima, Peru: Musicians and a balloon vendor walk through the Nueva Esperanza cemetery Photograph: Ernesto Benavides/AFP/Getty Images
All saints day: A mother uses a ladder to reach her son's tomb in Manila
Navotas, Philippines: A mother uses a ladder to reach her son's tomb and offer a prayer at public cemetery Photograph: Romeo Ranoco/Reuters
All saints day: A man sleeps atop the tomb of a relative at a cemetery in Manila
Manila, Philippines: A man sleeps atop the tomb of a relative at a cemetery Photograph: Erik De Castro/Reuters
All saints day: A woman walks through cemetery carrying a bundle of flowers, Guatemala
Zunil, Guatemala: A woman walks through the local cemetery carrying a bundle of flowers for decorating the graves of relatives Photograph: Rodrigo Abd/AP
All saints day: Candles burn on graves to mark All Saints' Day in a cemetery, Hugary
Salgótarján, Hungary: Candles burn on graves to mark All Saints Day in a cemetery Photograph: Peter Komka/EPA
All saints day: A man rests at the grave site during Day of the Dead, Mexico
Mexico City, Mexico: A man rests at the graveside of a departed loved one at the San Gregorio cemetery during Day of the Dead Photograph: Marco Ugarte/AP
All saints day: People place grace lamps at tombs in a cemetery in Mogyorod
Mogyoród, Hungary: People place grace lamps on tombs in a cemetery Photograph: Laszlo Balogh/Reuters
All saints day: Bishop graves of nuns at a Catholic cemetery during All Souls Day
Hyderabad, India: The archbishiop of Hyderabad, Thumma Bala, blesses the graves of nuns at a Catholic cemetery during All Souls Day Photograph: Noah Seelam/AFP/Getty Images
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