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Spain opens first public pet cemetery in Málaga
Spain's first public pet cemetery offers a final resting place for pets along with psychological support for owners.
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The project has been dubbed RIP, standing for Requiem in Power.
Danish stonemason's eco-friendly gravestones challenge tradition
A Danish stonemason is changing the way cemeteries and funerals contribute to CO2 emissions by designing an eco-friendly gravestone.
This French town is building a solar canopy over its cemetery
Residents in Saint-Joachim can join this unusual community energy scheme for just €5.
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Without a trace: The nameless graves along the Balkan migration route
As migrants travel along the Balkan route towards Western Europe, NGOs are trying to keep track of those who lose their lives, but many tombstones remain nameless.
Cairo’s 1,000-year-old City of the Dead cemetery razed for new highway
Major Islamic figures, prominent Egyptian politicians, artists and scholars are buried in the cemetery.
Ukrainians visit graves on first Sunday after Orthodox Easter
On the first Sunday after Orthodox Easter, Ukraine remembered its fallen soldiers that died at the peril of Russia's full-scale invasion
Teenagers arrested on suspicion of vandalising famous Jewish cemetery
Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu has described the incident as a "heinous attack".
One of South America's largest cemeteries fumigated for dengue fever
Health brigades spray one of South America's largest cemeteries in Lima to eradicate the dengue-transmitting mosquito and collect larvae in an attempt to control a new outbreak of the endemic disease in Peru, which has killed about 30 people this year.
Poland opens COVID-19 vaccination centres near cemeteries
Polish cemeteries reopened on Sunday after authorities decided to close them a year ago due to coronavirus restrictions.
Volunteers restore one of the world's largest Jewish cemeteries
Nature has taken over much of the 130-year-old site.
200 coffins fall into Ligurian Sea after Italy landslide
200 coffins fall into Ligurian Sea after Italy landslide
Archaeologists discover ancient Islamic necropolis in northern Spain
Workmen came across the human remains while widening a road in Tauste, a small town in the province of Zaragoza.
Archaeologists then uncovered 400 tombs containing more than 4,500 bodies dating from the 8th century.
Three injured in 'explosive' attack at a cemetery in Jeddah
Several people have been injured in an "improvised explosive device attack" on an international Armistice ceremony at a non-Muslim cemetery in the Saudi city of Jeddah.
Filipinos flock to cemeteries ahead of Day of the Dead closure
Thousands of people wearing masks and face shields poured into cemeteries in Manila Wednesday for their last chance to visit dead loved ones ahead of a government-ordered closure of graveyards for All Saints' Day.
Azerbaijani families grieve sons killed in Nagorno-Karabakh
Family members grieve at the grave of an Azerbaijani soldier killed in Nagorno-Karabakh.