Day of the Dead around the world – in pictures

Lima, Peru: People visit a grave at the Virgen de Lourdes cemetery Photograph: Rodrigo Abd/AP

Melilla, Spain: A woman touches the grave of Benito Perez Franco, known as the Soldier of the Miracles, at the Purisima Concepcion cemetery Photograph: Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Images

San Gregorio, Mexico: A girl in costume stands beside her brother's grave Photograph: Alexandre Meneghini/AP

San Gregorio, Mexico: Candles illuminate graves freshly decorated by family and friends Photograph: Alexandre Meneghini/AP

Tonacatepeque, El Salvador: A reveller waits to take part in a parade Photograph: Jose Cabezas/AFP/Getty Images

Santiago Sacatepequez, Guatemala: Giant kites at a cemetery Photograph: Reuters

Lima, Peru: Artists perform an indigenous dance called huaylia at the Virgen de Lourdes cemetery Photograph: Rodrigo Abd/AP

Lima, Peru: Musicians perform at the Virgen de Lourdes cemetery Photograph: Rodrigo Abd/AP

Guatemala City, Guatemala: A woman visits the grave of her late husband in Sumpango Photograph: Saul Martinez/EPA

Lima, Peru: Nueva Esperanza cemetery in Villa Maria Photograph: Enrique Castro-Mendivil/Reuters

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Children wash a grave Photograph: Ricardo Moraes/Reuters

San Gregorio, Mexico: A mariachi band wait for clients at a cemetery Photograph: Alexandre Meneghini/AP

Huehuetenango, Guatemala: People dressed in traditional clothes watch an horse race Photograph: Jorge Dan Lopez/Reuters

Isla Mujeres, Mexico: A couple clean and paint the grave of a family member Photograph: Claudia Daut/Reuters

Port-au-Prince, Haiti: A voodoo believer at the national cemetery Photograph: Dieu Nalio Chery/AP

Port-au-Prince, Haiti: A voodoo believer dressed as a gede, or spirit, gestures from the top of a grave Photograph: Dieu Nalio Chery/AP

Melilla, Spain: A man cleans a grave at Purisima Concepcion cemetery Photograph: Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Images

Tenerife, Spain: People arrive at a cemetery to visit tombstones of relatives Photograph: Desiree Martin/AFP/Getty Images

Kolkata, India: People offer prayers in front of a relative's tomb Photograph: Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP/Getty Images

Kolkata, India: A family light candles over a relative's tomb Photograph: Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP/Getty Images

Karachi, Pakistan: People lay flowers on the grave of a relative at Gora cemetery Photograph: Athar Hussain/Reuters

Zagreb, Croatia: A man lights candles at Mirogoj cemetery Photograph: Antonio Bronic/Reuters