In Bali’s spectacular funerals, the dead are cremated inside a giant bull
Iran’s Zoroastrians once left the dead for the birds in Towers of Silence
In Hong Kong, paper goods are burned for the dead in the afterlife
During the Day of the Dead festival, Mexicans celebrate the skeleton
In Ghana, you can have the fantasy coffin of your choosing
In Rome, angels and skeletons merge in a macabre church carving
Every Hindu wants to be cremated in Varanasi by the sacred Ganges
America’s funeral industry can even cater to Mets team fans
A Roman tomb captures the features of the individual it commemorates
Iranians mourn the martyrdom of Imam Hussayn at Ashura
British colonials lie here at a cemetery in Calcutta, India
In a Philippine village, locals hold an all-night vigal for a neighbour
Families gather around the graves at Day of the Dead in Oaxaca
A cadaver tomb in depicting the deceased’s decaying corpse in marble
A Roman mummy portrait from ancient Egypt
Commonwealth War Graves in a British cemetery in Tehran, Iran