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 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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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)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)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 in Arocutin, Michoacan state, Mexico, Saturday, Nov. 1, 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 man places flowers on a grave on All Saints’ Day, a Catholic holiday to honor saints and remember deceased relatives, at a municipal cemetery in Barcelona, Spain, Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)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)Relatives lit candles and bring flowers and flags at the graves of the Ukrainian soldiers who died in the war with Russia on All Saints’ Day on the Mars Field at Lychakiv cemetery in Lviv, Ukraine, Friday, Oct. 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Mykola Tys)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)A women observe All Saints’ Day, a time for reflecting on those who have died, in Kroczewo near Warsaw, Poland, Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)A nun of the Missionaries of Charity, the order founded by Saint Teresa, walks by the graves of their loved ones on All Souls’ Day, in Kolkata, India, Sunday, Nov. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)A man climbs apartment-type tombs at the hillside Barangka public cemetery in Marikina city, Philippines as people visit their loved ones during All Saints Day on Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)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 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)A woman sits by the grave of a relative during Day of the Dead festivites at the Tarapaca cemetery in El Alto, Bolivia, Sunday, Nov. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)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)Candles are lit during All Saints Day at the cemetery in Vilnius, Lithuania, Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)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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