1. A voodoo believer visits the National Cemetery of Port au Prince, on November 1, 2014 AFP Photo / Hector Retamal

2. A man in the role of a spirit known as a "Gede" carries a goat on his back during a Voodoo ritual that pays tribute to Baron Samdi and the Gede family of spirits
during Day of the Dead celebrations at the National Cemetery in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Saturday, Nov. 1, 2014. AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery

3. Day of the Dead 2014

4. Voodoo believers attend to the National Cemetery of Port au Prince, on November 1, 2014. They are participating in voodoo ceremonies honoring Baron Samdi and
Gede during the celebration of the Day of Dead as believers and devotees offer candles, alcohol and food. AFP Photo /Hector Retamal

5. A devote e of the voodoo religion takes part in the celebra tion of the Fed Gede (Festival of the Ancestors), in the National Cemetery of Port-Au-Prince, Haiti, on Nov.
1, 2014. The Fed Gede, a religious ritual of voodoo origin, which is equivalent to the Day of the Dead, All Saints Day and All Souls Day, is celebrated in Port-Au-
Prince. Xinhua/Fran Afonso

6. Voodoo believers attend to the National Cemetery of Port au Prince, on November 1, 2014. They are participating in voodoo ceremonies honoring Baron Samdi and
Gede during the celebration of the Day of Dead as believers and devotees offer candles, alcohol and food. AFP Photo/Hector Retamal

7. Voodoo believers attend to the National Cemetery of Port au Prince, on November 1, 2014. They are participating in voodoo ceremonies honoring Baron Samdi and
Gede during the celebration of the Day of Dead as believers and devotees offer candles, alcohol and food. AFP Photo/Hector Retamal

8. A devotee of the voodoo religion takes part in the celebration of the Fed Gede (Festival of the Ancestors), in the National Cemetery of Port-Au-Prince, Haiti, on Nov.
1, 2014. Xinhua/Fran Afonso

9. A person in the role of a spirit known as a "Gede" lies on t he ground at a cemetery during a Voodoo ritual in tribute to Baron Samdi and the Gede family of spirits
during Day of the Dead celebrations in the Cite Soleil neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Saturday, Nov. 1, 2014. Day of the Dead traditions coincide with All
Saints Day and All Souls Day on Nov. 1 and 2. AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery

10. A woman in the role of a spirit known as a "Gede" covers her face with powder during a Voodoo ritual that pays tribute to Baron Samdi and the Gede family of
spirits during Day of the Dead celebrations at the National Cemetery in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Saturday, Nov. 1, 2014. Day of the Dead traditions coincide with All
Saints Day and All Souls Day on Nov. 1 and 2. AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery

11. Voodoo believers attend to the National Cemetery of Port au Prince, on November 1, 2014. They are participating in voodoo ceremonies honoring Baron Samdi and
Gede during the celebration of the Day of Dead as believers and devotees offer candles, alcohol and food. AFP Photo/Hector Retamal

12. Voodoo believers attend to the National Cemetery of Port au Prince, on November 1, 2014. They are participating in voodoo ceremonies honoring Baron Samdi and
Gede during the celebration of the Day of Dead as believers and devotees offer candles, alcohol and food. AFP Photo/Hector Retamal

13. Voodoo believers attend to the National Cemetery of Port au Prince, on November 1, 2014. They are participating in voodoo ceremonies honoring Baron Samdi and
Gede during the celebration of the Day of Dead as believers and devotees offer candles, alcohol and food. AFP Photo/Hector Retamal

14. Voodoo believers attend to the National Cemetery of Port au Prince, on November 1, 2014. They are participating in voodoo ceremonies honoring Baron Samdi and
Gede during the celebration of the Day of Dead as believers and devotees offer candles, alcohol and food. AFP Photo/Hector Retamal

15. Voodoo believers attend to the National Cemetery of Port au Prince, on November 1, 2014. They are participating in voodoo ceremonies honoring Baron Samdi and
Gede during the celebration of the Day of Dead as believers and devotees offer candles, alcohol and food. AFP Photo/Hector Retamal

16. Voodoo believers attend to the National Cemetery of Port au Prince, on November 1, 2014. They are participating in voodoo ceremonies honoring Baron Samdi and
Gede during the celebration of the Day of Dead as believers and devotees offer candles, alcohol and food. AFP Photo/Hector Retamal

17. Voodoo believers attend to the National Cemetery of Port au Prince, on November 1, 2014. They are participating in voodoo ceremonies honoring Baron Samdi and
Gede during the celebration of the Day of Dead as believers and devotees offer candles, alcohol and food. AFP Photo/Hector Retamal

18. Voodoo believers attend to the National Cemetery of Port au Prince, on November 1, 2014. They are participating in voodoo ceremonies honoring Baron Samdi and
Gede during the celebration of the Day of Dead as believers and devotees offer candles, alcohol and food. AFP Photo/Hector Retamal

19. Family members laugh together as they sit around the grave of a deceased relative, during Day of the Dead celebrations in the San Gregorio cemetery on the
outskirts of Mexico City, in the early morning hours of Saturday, Nov. 01, 2014. In a tradition that coincides with All Saints Day and All Souls Day on Nov. 1 and 2,
families decorate the graves of departed relatives with marigolds and candles, and spend the night in the cemetery, eating and drinking as they keep company with
their deceased loved ones. AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell

20. A graveyard trio plays music for a family celebrating Day of the Dead beside the graves of three deceased children from the family, in the San Gregorio cemetery on
the outskirts of Mexico City, in the early morning hours of Saturday, Nov. 01, 2014. In a tradition that coincides with All Saints Day and All Souls Day on Nov. 1 and 2,
families decorate the graves of departed relatives with marigolds and candles, and spend the night in the cemetery, eating and drinking as they keep company with
their deceased loved ones. AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell

21. A scull b alloon decorates the tomb of a child in the San G regorio cemetery during Day of the Dead festivities on the outskirts of Mexico City, early Saturday, Nov. 1,
2014. In a tradition that coincides with All Saints Day and All Souls Day on Nov. 1 and 2, families decorate the graves of departed relatives with marigolds and
candles. At this cemetery, families pay a special tribute to deceased children, on the night of Oct. 31 into the morning of Nov. 1. AP Photo/Marco Ugarte

22. Two young children tend to the grave of a loved one killed in the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan at the mass grave site on the grounds of the San Joaquin Parish
during All Saints Day on November 1, 2014 in Tacloban, Leyte, Philippines. Filipinos descend on cemetaries all across the country to tend to the graves of loved
ones on November 1-2 marking All Saints day and All Souls day. Residents of Leyte are preparing for the 1-year anniversary since Super Typhoon Yolanda struck
the coast on November 8, 2013, leaving more than 6000 dead and many more homeless. Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images

23. Candles illuminate graves decorated for Day of the Dead, in the San Gregorio cemetery on the outskirts of Mexico City, in the early morning hours of Saturday, Nov.
01, 2014. In a tradition that coincides with All Saints Day and All Souls Day on Nov. 1 and 2, families decorate the graves of departed relatives with marigolds and
candles, and spend the night in the cemetery, eating and drinking as they keep company with their deceased loved ones. AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell

24. A man keeps warm with a face mask decorated in the likeness of a scull at the San Gregorio cemetery during Day of the Dead festivities on the outskirts of Mexico
City, early Saturday, Nov. 1, 2014. In a tradition that coincides with All Saints Day and All Souls Day on Nov. 1 and 2, families decorate the graves of departed
relatives with marigolds and candles, and spend the night in the cemetery, eating and drinking as they keep company with their deceased loved ones. AP
Photo/Marco Ugarte

25. A woman carries marigold flowers to decorated a grave at the San Gregorio cemetery during Day of the Dead festivities on the outskirts of Mexico City, early
Saturday, Nov. 1, 2014. In a tradition that coincides with All Saints Day and All Souls Day on Nov. 1 and 2, families decorate the graves of departed relatives with
marigolds and candles, and spend the night in the cemetery, eating and drinking as they keep company with their deceased loved ones. At this cemetery, families
pay a special tribute to children who have died, on the night of Oct. 31 into the morning of Nov. 1. AP Photo/Marco Ugarte

26. Fortunat a Cisneros, 84, waits with flowers for her daughte r before visiting her father's niche during Day of the Dead celebrations at the cemetery in Huamanga,
Peru, Saturday, Nov. 1, 2014. Families decorate the graves of departed relatives every year in a tradition that coincides with All Saints Day and All Souls Day on Nov.
1 and 2. AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd

27. Ronald Q uispe, right, stands with his mother Lourdes, cen ter left, and sister Denis as a musician plays a song at the niche of Quispe's grandfather during Day of the
Dead celebrations in the cemetery in Huamanga, Peru, Saturday, Nov. 1, 2014. Families pay tribute to their departed relatives every year in a tradition that coincides
with All Saints Day and All Souls Day on Nov. 1 and 2. AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd

28. A graveyard trio plays music for a family celebrating Day of the Dead beside the graves of three deceased children from the family, in the San Gregorio cemetery on
the outskirts of Mexico City, in the early morning hours of Saturday, Nov. 1, 2014. In a tradition that coincides with All Saints Day and All Souls Day on Nov. 1 and 2,
families decorate the graves of departed relatives with marigolds and candles, and spend the night in the cemetery, eating and drinking as they keep company with
their deceased loved ones. At this cemetery, families pay a special tribute to children who have died, on the night of Oct. 31 into the morning of Nov. 1. AP
Photo/Rebecca Blackwell

29. A family huddles around the ornately decorated grave of a relative, as they celebrate Day of the Dead in the San Gregorio cemetery on the outskirts of Mexico City, in
the early morning hours of Saturday, Nov. 01, 2014. In a tradition that coincides with All Saints Day and All Souls Day on Nov. 1 and 2, families decorate the graves of
departed relatives with marigolds and candles, and spend the night in the cemetery, eating and drinking as they keep company with their deceased loved
Ones.Rebecca Blackwell /AP

30. A family huddles beside the decorated grave of a deceased relative, as they celebrate Day of the Dead in the San Gregorio cemetery on the outskirts of Mexico City,
in the early morning hours of Saturday, Nov. 01, 2014. Rebecca Blackwell /AP

31. A girl sits at the grave of a loved one killed in the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan at the mass grave site on the grounds of the San Joaquin Parish during All Saints
Day on November 1, 2014 in Tacloban, Leyte, Philippines. Chris Mcgrath /Getty Images

32. Voodoo believers attend to the National Cemetery of Port au Prince, on November 1, 2014. They are participating in voodoo ceremonies honoring Baron Samdi and
Gede during the celebration of the Day of Dead as believers and devotees offer candles, alcohol and food. AFP Photo/Hector Retamal

33. Voodoo believers attend to the National Cemetery of Port au Prince, on November 1, 2014. They are participating in voodoo ceremonies honoring Baron Samdi and
Gede during the celebration of the Day of Dead as believers and devotees offer candles, alcohol and food. AFP Photo/Hector Retamal

34. Voodoo believers attend to the National Cemetery of Port au Prince, on November 1, 2014. They are participating in voodoo ceremonies honoring Baron Samdi and
Gede during the celebration of the Day of Dead as believers and devotees offer candles, alcohol and food. AFP Photo/ Hector Retamal

35. A voodoo believer is seen at the National Cemetery of Port au Prince, on November 1, 2014. They are participating in voodoo ceremonies honoring Baron Samdi
and Gede during the celebration of the Day of Dead as believers and devotees offer candles, alcohol and food. AFP Photo/ Hector Retamal

36. A skeleton figurine is placed in an offering celebrating the Day of the Dead, at Hidalgo Garden, in Mexico City, capital of Mexico, on Oct. 31, 2014. (Xinhua/Bernardo
Maldonado)

37. A young university student dressed as a "Calavera Catrina " takes part in a Day of the Dead protest over 43 missing students of a rural teachers college in Mexico
Cityon Friday, Oct. 31, 2014. The Day of the Dead 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 /AP

38. University students wearing Day of the Dead costumes take part in a procession to protest the 43 missing rural college students, in Mexico City, Friday, Oct. 31,
2014. Rebecca Blackwell /AP

39. A young woman with her half her face painted as a calavera, visits the Zocalo, where giant skulls and offerings have been erected to mark the holiday, in Mexico
City, Friday, Oct. 31, 2014. Rebecca Blackwell /AP

40. Men dressed in horror costumes walk around the El Zocalo square where an offering for Day of the Dead has been placed on October 31, 2014 in Mexico City. Mexico
annually commemorates All-Saints' Day and the Day of the Dead a traditional Mexican holiday honors the dead. Yuri Cortez /Getty Images

41. A couple dressed as traditional Mexican "Catrina" walk around the El Zocalo square where an offering for Day of the Dead has been placed on October 31, 2014 in
Mexico City. Yuri Cortez /Getty Images

42. Sisters dressed as identical "Calaveras Catrinas," pose for a photo with a little boy, dressed as wolf, during their visit to the Zocalo, where giant skulls and offerings
were erected by the city to mark the Day of the Dead holiday, in Mexico City, Friday, Oct. 31, 2014. Rebecca Blackwell /AP

43. A model is pictured during a Quinceanera Magazine Catrin a fashion show at a press reception ahead of the 15th annual Dia de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead,
festival at Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Los Angeles, California October 24, 2014. The Day of the Dead festival has its origins in a pre-Hispanic Aztec belief that
the dead return to Earth one day each year to visit their loved ones. Mario Anzuoni/Reuters

44. Women with faces painted to look like the popular Mexican figure called "Catrina" are seen in Zapopan October 30, 2014. Reuters /Alejandro Acosta

45. People, with their faces painted as skulls, pose for a photo during the start of the "Las Catrinas" festival, ahead of the Day of the Dead in Cupula on the outskirts of
Morelia, October 26, 2014. Reuters /Alan Ortega

46. Women w ith faces painted to look like the popular Mexica n figure called "Catrina" are seen in Zapopan October 30, 2014. According to participants, about 271
women gathered in an attempt at the Guinness World Record for the largest gathering of women dressed to look like "Catrina", a character also known as "The
Elegant Death" and created by Guadalupe Posada in the early 1900s. Alejandro Acosta/Reuters

47. Mexican Damas rehearse in their costumes for the upcoming festival of Dia de los Muertos at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Los Angeles, California on October
24, 2014. Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images

48. Models are pictured during a Quinceanera Magazine Catrina fashion show at a press reception ahead of the 15th annual Dia de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead,
festival at Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Los Angeles, California October 24, 2014. Mario Anzuoni/Reuters

49. A child reacts while touching a skeleton model, which is part of an art installation to celebrate the Day of the Dead, in Zocalo Square, Mexico City, October 30, 2014.
Reuters /Tomas Bravo

50. Sex workers wear skeleton masks, a traditional Mexican symbol representing the Day of the Dead, as they make an offering during a procession to remember their
deceased colleagues, especially those who were violently murdered, in Mexico City October 27, 2014. Reuters /Edgard Garrido

51. A boy with his face painted as a skull poses for a photo during the start of the "Las Catrinas" festival, ahead of the Day of the Dead in Cupula on the outskirts of
Morelia, Mexico, October 26, 2014. La Catrina is a popular figure in Mexico known as "The Elegant Skull". Reuters /Alan Ortega

52. A woman checks a picture on her camera while standing in front of skulls, which form part of an art installation to celebrate the Day of the Dead, in Zocalo Square, Mexico City. Tomas
Bravo/Reuters
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