Hundreds of people honour their dead relatives at the Xilotepec Pantheon, in Mexico City. EPA
A woman places a candle at an altar for her mother who died recently during the annual Day of the Dead celebration in Mexico on November 1. Reuters
Hundreds of families illuminate the graves of their loved ones, in Guerrero state, Mexico. Mexican families once again filled cemeteries with life on the Day of the Dead, on a morning in which they mostly dedicated themselves to cleaning and preparing the cemeteries of their deceased after two years of restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic. EPA
A woman serves food for her guests near an altar in homage to a person who died recently during the annual Day of the Dead celebration in Santa Fe de La Laguna in Mexico. Reuters
Offerings are placed at an altar in homage to a family member who died recently during the annual Day of the Dead celebration. Reuters
A boy lights candles as he attends a Night of the Dead celebration. People adorn the tombs of the dead and remain in the pantheon throughout the night waiting for their relatives. Tradition says that on the night of November 1 and early morning of November 2, the souls of the dead return to the world of the living. AFP
A woman prays in front of an altar in homage to a person who died recently. Reuters
Majestic Catrinas are pictured during the Day of the Dead monumental offering at Zocalo square in Mexico City on November 1. AFP
Men wearing masks dance during the offering in memory of their relatives amid Day of the Dead. EPA
A mariachi group plays music outside the altar of Nuestra Senora de la Santa Muerte, or Our Lady of Holy Death, in Mexico City's Tepito neighborhood. La Santa Muerte is a folk saint, a personification of death, associated with healing, protection, and safe delivery to the afterlife by her devotees. AP Photo
A group of indigenous women dressed as Catrinas parade in the city of San Cristobal de las Casas in Mexico. Hundreds of people dressed as skulls, ghosts and monsters paraded through the main streets of San Cristobal de Las Casas, to celebrate the mix of the traditional Day of the Dead of Mexico with Halloween of the United States. EPA
A portrait and clothes of a family member who died recently during the annual Day of the Dead celebration. Reuters
An indigenous woman makes a smoke offering in memory of her relatives. EPA
Hundreds of people honour their dead relatives at the Xilotepec Pantheon, in Mexico City. EPA
A woman places a candle at an altar for her mother who died recently during the annual Day of the Dead celebration in Mexico on November 1. Reuters
Hundreds of families illuminate the graves of their loved ones, in Guerrero state, Mexico. Mexican families once again filled cemeteries with life on the Day of the Dead, on a morning in which they mostly dedicated themselves to cleaning and preparing the cemeteries of their deceased after two years of restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic. EPA
A woman serves food for her guests near an altar in homage to a person who died recently during the annual Day of the Dead celebration in Santa Fe de La Laguna in Mexico. Reuters
Offerings are placed at an altar in homage to a family member who died recently during the annual Day of the Dead celebration. Reuters
A boy lights candles as he attends a Night of the Dead celebration. People adorn the tombs of the dead and remain in the pantheon throughout the night waiting for their relatives. Tradition says that on the night of November 1 and early morning of November 2, the souls of the dead return to the world of the living. AFP
A woman prays in front of an altar in homage to a person who died recently. Reuters
Majestic Catrinas are pictured during the Day of the Dead monumental offering at Zocalo square in Mexico City on November 1. AFP
Men wearing masks dance during the offering in memory of their relatives amid Day of the Dead. EPA
A mariachi group plays music outside the altar of Nuestra Senora de la Santa Muerte, or Our Lady of Holy Death, in Mexico City's Tepito neighborhood. La Santa Muerte is a folk saint, a personification of death, associated with healing, protection, and safe delivery to the afterlife by her devotees. AP Photo
A group of indigenous women dressed as Catrinas parade in the city of San Cristobal de las Casas in Mexico. Hundreds of people dressed as skulls, ghosts and monsters paraded through the main streets of San Cristobal de Las Casas, to celebrate the mix of the traditional Day of the Dead of Mexico with Halloween of the United States. EPA
A portrait and clothes of a family member who died recently during the annual Day of the Dead celebration. Reuters
An indigenous woman makes a smoke offering in memory of her relatives. EPA
Hundreds of people honour their dead relatives at the Xilotepec Pantheon, in Mexico City. EPA
