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 attends the traditional Catrina parade marking the Day of the Dead in Frankfurt, Germany, Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
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)
A woman sits 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)
Families gather to keep company with their dearly departed celebrating the Day of the Dead at the cemetery in Arocutin, Michoacan state, Mexico, Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
Spectators cheer as they watch the annual Day of the Dead parade in Mexico City, Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Claudia Rosel)
A member of an Aztec dance group holds incense during a commemoration of Día de Muertos (Day of the Dead) at El Colegio High School in Minneapolis on Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Giovanna Dell'Orto)
A members of Teatro del Pueblo dressed as La Catrina performs "La Danza de la Muerte" play, part of the Day of the Dead celebrations at Olvera Street, Sunday, Oct. 26, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
A man with skull make up holds a candle 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)
Families gather to keep company with their dearly departed celebrating the Day of the Dead at the cemetery of Tzintzuntzan, Michoacan state, Mexico, Friday, Oct. 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
Artists perform as a player of "pelota Maya" 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 girl dressed in a mariachi costume with skull makeup stands at the Zocalo, Mexico City's main square, ahead of the Day of the Dead, Friday, Oct. 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Claudia Rosel)
A skeleton sculpture stands on an altar at the Zocalo, Mexico City's main square, ahead of the Day of the Dead, Friday, Oct. 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Claudia Rosel)
Cipriana Soriano, right, and Mercedes Soriano return to their house after visiting the tomb of their loved ones during Day of the Dead celebration in Susques, Jujuy province, Argentina, Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
Women dance as they take part in the traditional Catrina parade marking the Day of the Dead in Frankfurt, Germany, Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
Devotees take part in the annual Fete Gede festival that celebrates Day of the Dead, honoring the Haitian spirits Baron Samedi and Gede, at a cemetery in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)
Relatives place flowers on an altar honoring Nayely Domingo Ceras during the Day of the Dead celebrations at the cemetery of Tzintzuntzan, Michoacan state, Mexico, Friday, Oct. 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
A devotee takes part in a Voodoo ritual during the annual Fete Gede festival that celebrates Day of the Dead, honoring the Haitian spirits Baron Samedi and Gede, in the Delmas neighborhood in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)
A grave is decorated with cempasuchil flowers and candles celebrating the Day of the Dead at the cemetery in Arocutin, Michoacan state, Mexico, Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
Mourners walk on the 'Votif' Bridge, a 407m temporary floating bridge connecting the city to the cemetery on the island of San Michele, to pay respects to their dead on All Soul's Day, in Venice, Italy, Sunday, Nov. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
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)
People take part in a Day of the Dead procession in Quito, Ecuador, Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)
The grave of Ezra Pound inside the San Michele cemetery, on All Soul's Day, in Venice, Italy, Sunday, Nov. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
A woman takes part in a Day of the Dead procession in Quito, Ecuador, Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)
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By The Associated Press
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 “ Dia de los Muertos,” is especially popular in Mexico, but is also observed in other countries, including the U.S. and Germany.
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