People with skull make up march during the Paseo de las Animas parade as part of the Day of the Dead celebrations in Merida, Mexico, Friday, Oct. 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Martin Zetina)
People with skull make up march during the Paseo de las Animas parade as part of the Day of the Dead celebrations in Merida, Mexico, Friday, Oct. 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Martin Zetina)
A woman stands next to the grave of a loved one celebrating the Day of the Dead at the cemetery of Tzintzuntzan, Michoacan state, Mexico, Friday, Oct. 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
Women take part in a march honoring deceased sex workers ahead of the Day of the Dead celebrations in Mexico City, Friday, Oct. 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Claudia Rosel)
Nina Valentina Nieva helps her uncle Lorena Plaza light a candle in memory of her mother, Lorena Luca, inside a chapel at the cemetery during Day of the Dead celebrations in Susques, Jujuy province, Argentina, Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
People with skull make up march during the Paseo de las Animas parade as part of the Day of the Dead celebrations in Merida, Mexico, Friday, Oct. 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Martin Zetina)
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People with skull make up march during the Paseo de las Animas parade as part of the Day of the Dead celebrations in Merida, Mexico, Friday, Oct. 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Martin Zetina)
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A woman attends the traditional Catrina parade marking the Day of the Dead in Frankfurt, Germany, Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
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A woman stands next to the grave of a loved one celebrating the Day of the Dead at the cemetery of Tzintzuntzan, Michoacan state, Mexico, Friday, Oct. 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
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Women take part in a march honoring deceased sex workers ahead of the Day of the Dead celebrations in Mexico City, Friday, Oct. 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Claudia Rosel)
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Nina Valentina Nieva helps her uncle Lorena Plaza light a candle in memory of her mother, Lorena Luca, inside a chapel at the cemetery during Day of the Dead celebrations in Susques, Jujuy province, Argentina, Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
People around the world are celebrating the Day of the Dead, blending pre-Columbian rituals with the Roman Catholic observance of All Saint’s Day on Nov. 1 and All Soul’s Day on Nov. 2.
The holiday, known in Spanish as “ ,†is especially , but is also observed in other countries, including the U.S. and Germany.
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