This year Mexicans will be unable to flock to cemeteries to celebrate the Day of the Dead because graveyards have been closed to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
But the annual festivities are still providing consolation to those who have lost someone, in a country which has the fourth-highest death toll in the world from the virus.
Al Jazeera's John Holman reports from Mexico City.
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But the annual festivities are still providing consolation to those who have lost someone, in a country which has the fourth-highest death toll in the world from the virus.
Al Jazeera's John Holman reports from Mexico City.
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