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Picture This: Honoring the Dead

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On Wednesday, people headed to the grave sites of their loved ones to offer flowers, candles and prayers ahead of All Saints' Day in the Philippines, a time when families return to their hometowns to repair family tombs and pay their respects. In this Manila cemetery, where the graves are a patchwork warren of stacked concrete tombs, the activity involves plenty of climbing and jumping.

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