Families around the world honor the dead with flowers, candles and prayers. Day of the Dead, observed Nov. 1-2, All Saints’ Day on Nov. 1 and All Souls’ Day on Nov. 2 bring communities together to remember loved ones through colorful altars, cemetery visits and religious services.
A child decorates the grave of a loved one on All Souls’ Day in Hyderabad, India, Monday, Nov. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)This picture, taken by a drone shows the Kisterenye cemetery in Batonyterenye, Hungary, on All Saints’ Day, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026. (Peter Komka/MTI via AP)People attend the Mass for the dead faithful celebrated by Pope Leo XIV at Verano monumental cemetery in Rome on All Souls’ Day, Monday, Nov. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)A woman lights a candle at the grave of a deceased relative during All Souls Day in Hyderabad, India, Monday, Nov. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)
People light candles at a grave during All Saints Day, at the cemetery in Vilnius, Lithuania, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)A person believed to be possessed with the Gede spirit is doused with white powder during the annual Fete Gede festival that celebrates Day of the Dead, honoring the Haitian spirits Baron Samedi and Gede, in the Delmas neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)Relatives light candles and bring flowers and flags at the graves of the Ukrainian soldiers who died in the war with Russia on the Mars Field at Lychakiv cemetery in Lviv, Ukraine, Saturday, Oct. 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Mykola Tys)Nuns of the Missionaries of Charity, the order founded by Saint Teresa, light candles at the graves of their loved ones on All Souls’ Day in Kolkata, India, Monday, Nov. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)Catholic faithfuls participate in a candlelight procession to a cemetery during All Saints’ Day observances in Calderon, Ecuador, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)A man visits his departed at apartment-type tombs at Manila’s North Cemetery, Philippines as the country observes All Saints’ Day on Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)Boats decorated as floating altars participate in a procession during Day of the Dead celebrations in Sisal, Mexico, Friday, Oct. 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Martin Zetina)A family adds traditional t’anta wawa bread to a grave decorated with Day of the Dead offerings at La Llamita cemetery in La Paz, Bolivia, Monday, Nov. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
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