a mass burial site in Sao Paulo

As coronavirus sweeps Brazil, families only have 10 minutes to say goodbye

With the second highest number of coronavirus cases in the world, Brazil has imposed restrictions on funerals and left families unable to mourn.

More than 1.5 million people are buried at Vila Formosa Cemetery in São Paulo, thought to be the largest in Latin America. The older burials are on the right, the freshly dug on the left.

Photograph by Amanda Perobelli, Reuters

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