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Bolivia's Day of the Skulls – in pictures

Bolivia Day of Skulls: mass
Catholic faithful wait with their decorated human skulls for the start of a mass celebrating the Day of the Skulls in La Paz. Bolivians flock to the cemetery chapel once a year to have the skulls blessed and to bring good luck Photograph: Juan Karita/AP
Bolivia Day of Skulls: decorated skulls
Two decorated human skulls Photograph: Juan Karita/AP
Bolivia day of skulls: decorated skull
A woman holds a skull as she attends a Catholic mass Photograph: David Mercado/Reuters
Bolivia Day of the Skulls: flower petals
Flower petals are thrown on the skulls after the mass Photograph: David Mercado/Reuters
Bolivia Day of the Skulls: musicians
Musicians perform at the general cemetery Photograph: David Mercado/Reuters
Bolivia Day of the Skulls: skull in a cap
A skull in a military cap Photograph: Juan Karita/AP
Bolivia Day of the Skulls: general cemetery
Skulls at a mass at the general cemetery in La Paz Photograph: David Mercado/Reuters
Bolivia day of skulls: floral headdress
A skull in a floral headdress Photograph: Juan Karita/AP
Bolivia Day of the Skulls: leaving church
Bolivians leave the church with their skulls after mass Photograph: Juan Karita/AP
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