Marco Ugarte, Associated PressChildren with their faces painted hold the Mexican national flag during a Day of the Dead celebration at a school in Mexico City, Monday, Oct. 31, 2016. The holiday honors the dead as friends and families gather in cemeteries to decorate their loved ones' graves and hold vigil through the night on Nov. 1 and 2.
Marco Ugarte, Associated PressA couple dressed as traditional Mexican "Catrinas" walk at the Dolores cemetery during the celebration of the Day of the Dead, in Mexico City, Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2016. The holiday honors the dead as friends and families gather in cemeteries to decorate their loved ones' graves and hold vigil through the night on Nov. 1 and 2.
Martin Mejia, Associated PressA man paints the grave of a departed relative at the Nueva Esperanza cemetery in the shantytown Villa Maria, in Lima, Peru, Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2016, as part of the Day of the Dead festivities. The holiday honors the deceased and coincides with All Saints Day, and All Souls Day celebrated on Nov. 1 and 2. Dancing, drinking alcohol, and eating with the deceased are part of Day of the Dead celebrations.
Rebecca Blackwell, Associated PressA young man uses a screwdriver to carefully pour colored sawdust into a line, as a team creates a design of dancing skeletons out of natural and colored pieces of sawdust, during a competition to create Day of the Dead altars on pedestrian Regina Street in central Mexico City, Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2016. The holiday honors the dead as friends and families gather in cemeteries to decorate their loved ones' graves and hold vigil through the night on Nov. 1 and 2.
Rebecca Blackwell, Associated PressPeople walk past teams at work during a competition to create Day of the Dead altars on pedestrian Regina Street in central Mexico City, Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2016. The holiday honors the dead as friends and families gather in cemeteries to decorate their loved ones' graves and hold vigil through the night on Nov. 1 and 2.
Esteban Felix, Associated PressMusician for hire Edwin Gamarra, plays the trumpet in front a grave during the Day of the Dead commemorations in general cemetery in Santiago, Chile, 2016, Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2016. Gamarra charges about $5 dollars per song.
Hector Retamal, AFP/Getty ImagesA devotee pretending to be the spirit known as a Gede smiles during a ceremony honoring the Haitian voodoo spirits of Baron Samdi and Gede on the Day of the Dead in the National Cemetery in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on November 1, 2016. Voodoo believers and devotees offer candles, alcohol and food. The Day of the Dead is celebrated on the first two days of November during All Saints and All Souls Day.
Esteban Felix, Associated PressA woman lights a candle in front a tomb of the Margarita del Carmen Canas know as "Carmencita" during the Day of the Dead commemorations at general cemetery in Santiago, Chile, 2016, Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2016. "Carmencita" is a popular saint that is suppose to grant favors to its devotees.
Dondi Tawatao, Getty ImagesA man climbs on a ladder to reach a tombtone at a public cemetery on November 1, 2016 in Manila, Philippines. Filipinos flock to cemeteries around the country to visit departed relatives and loved ones to remember All Saints Day. The 'Day of the Dead' which is also called 'Todos Los Santos' or 'All Saint's Day' is a holiday celebrated in Latin cultures around the world during which family and friends of the deceased gather at the cemeteries to pray and hold vigils for those who have passed away. In the Philippines, family members clean tombs and often spend the night at the cemetery eating and celebrating with loved ones.
Moises Castillo, Associated PressRepresentations of boats known as "trajineras" are on display in Mexico City's main square, the Zocalo, as part of the Day of the Dead festivities in Mexico City, Monday, Oct. 31, 2016. The holiday honors the dead as friends and families gather in cemeteries to decorate their loved ones' graves and hold vigil through the night on Nov. 1 and 2.
Eduardo Verdugo, Associated PressWomen dressed as traditional Mexican "Catrinas" march during a demonstration to protest violence against women in Mexico City, Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2016. The women took advantage of the Day of the Dead celebration to direct attention to rates of violence against women in Mexico. The sings they carry read in Spanish "Not one more" and "No more femicides."
Dondi Tawatao, Getty ImagesMillions of Filipinos flock to cemeteries around the country to visit departed relatives and loved ones as they mark All Saints Day on November 1, 2016 in Manila, Philippines. The 'Day of the Dead' which is also called 'Todos Los Santos' or 'All Saint's Day' is a holiday celebrated in Latin cultures around the world during which family and friends of the deceased gather at the cemeteries to pray and hold vigils for those who have passed away. In the Philippines, family members clean tombs and often spend the night at the cemetery eating and celebrating with loved ones.
Juan Karita, Associated PressA man dressed as "condemned Cholita" performs at a House of Terror during the celebration of All Saints in El Alto, Bolivia, Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2016. Bolivians from La Paz and El Alto, mostly of Aymara descent, have started to embraced Halloween celebrations introducing characters adapted from their own culture such as the "condemned Cholita."
Enrique Castro, AFP/Getty ImagesPeople attends to the graves of loved ones on the eve of the Day of the Dead at the cemetry of Tzintzuntzan, in Patzcuaro, Michoacan, Mexico on November 1, 2016. Mexicans honour their deceased loved ones during the three-day Day of the Dead festivities.
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Children with their faces painted hold the Mexican national flag during a Day of the Dead celebration at a school in Mexico City, Monday, Oct. 31, 2016. The holiday honors the dead as friends and families gather in cemeteries to decorate their loved ones' graves and hold vigil through the night on Nov. 1 and 2.
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Photos from All Saints Day and All Souls Day on Nov. 1 and 2, 2016. The ‘Day of the Dead’ which is also called ‘Todos Los Santos’ or ‘All Saint’s Day’ is a holiday celebrated in Latin cultures around the world during which family and friends of the deceased gather at the cemeteries to pray and hold vigils for those who have passed away.












