Villagers say prayers to bury a corpse after many were killed during Saturday's earthquake in the village of Bajebaj near the city of Varzaqan. Twin earthquakes in Iran have killed at least 300 people...

A widow of a murdered policeman gives interviews to the press after his funeral. On April 26th, within a time span of 30 minutes and within half a mile radius, three people were assasinated. Two were...

A widow of a murdered policeman receives his uniform at his funeral. On April 26th, within a time span of 30 minutes and within half a mile radius, three people were assasinated. Two were policeman w...

A mourning son (left) looks on while the pyre of one of his parents burns in the background at the Harishchandra Ghat in the ancient city of Varanasi.

Mourners exchange religious items on the ghats while a body of a relative burns in the background at the Harishchandra Ghat in the ancient city of Varanasi.

A woman outside Prague Castle watching a broasdcast on a giant screen of the funeral of former president Vaclav Havel.

A large crowd, estimated at 10,000 strong, accompanies the funeral cortege of Vaclav Havel across the Charles Bridge towards Prague Castle.

A woman stands with her two sons outside Prague Castle watching a broasdcast on a giant screen of the funeral of former president Vaclav Havel.

Family members and Vaclav Havel's closest friends follow the hearse containing the former presidents remains on its journey from the Old Town, across Charles Bridge, to Prague Castle.

The coffin containing the remains of former president Vaclav Havel rests on a carriage, beneath a Czech flag, outside Prague Castle. A crowd of 10,00 people lined the route of the funeral cortege from...

Cremation in Calcutta.

Army colleagues carry the coffins of their colleagues from the Syrian Army who have died in fighting around Damascus at their funeral. On the wall behind them images of Hafez al Assad and his son Bash...

Family and friends mourn for Brigadier Rajeh Mustafa Mahmoud of the Syrian Army at his funeral in Damascus. He was shot by a sniper in the eastern suburbs of the city.Protests against the ruling Baath...

Family and friends mourn for Brigadier Rajeh Mustafa Mahmoud of the Syrian Army at his funeral in Damascus. He was shot by a sniper in the eastern suburbs of the city.Protests against the ruling Baath...

Army colleagues carry the coffin of Adjutant Marin Saleh Ahmad of the Syrian army at his funeral in Damascus. He was shot in the chest by a sniper in the eastern suburbs of the city.Protests against t...

The wife and daughter of Adjutant Marin Saleh Ahmad of the Syrian army surrounded by friends and relatives at his funeral in Damascus. He was shot in the chest by a sniper in the eastern suburbs of th...

The mother and sister of Adjutant Marin Saleh Ahmad of the Syrian army comfort each other surrounded by friends and relatives at his funeral in Damascus. He was shot in the chest by a sniper in the ea...

The mother and sister of Adjutant Marin Saleh Ahmad of the Syrian army comfort each other at his funeral in Damascus. He was shot in the chest by a sniper in the eastern suburbs of the city.Protests a...

A demonstation at the funeral of Mazen Abu Dahab in the Sakba district of Damascus. He was reported to have been shot by security forces. Sakba is a suburb of Damascus that has been one of the main ce...

A demonstation at the funeral of Mazen Abu Dahab in the Sakba district of Damascus. He was reported to have been shot by security forces. Sakba is a suburb of Damascus that has been one of the main ce...

The son of a deceased parent collapses from grief during the funeral in Maramures.

Elderly women in traditional dress attend a funeral procession in Maramures.

The funeral of Gwyn Ellis Jones, the photographer's uncle, in Llanrwst, North Wales. Gwyn left for Birmingham to find work as a youth and returned to his hometown after he had retired. He died a few y...

Somalian asylum seekers and refugees who are friends of Samsam Jaane Cali, a 20 year old Somali girl who passed away on January 26, 2010 pay their respects as they attend her funeral in Jakarta.

A Coptic Christian mass funeral at St Simon the Tanner's Church in Mokattam, Cairo. The funeral is for 11 young protesters who were killed by the army during a protest against the burning of a church...

Carmelina Merino is put into her grave in Penipe. Carmelina, 82, died from breathing volcanic gasses when Tungurahua volcano erupted sending lava through the village of Palictagua, killing six people...

Israelis mourn during the funeral of Ehud Fogel (36) his wife Ruti (35) and their children Yoav (11), Elad (4), and three month old Hadas. The five family members were stabbed to death by suspected Pa...

Relatives mourn over the bodies of Ehud Fogel (36) his wife Ruti (35) and their children Yoav (11), Elad (4), and three month old Hadas, during their funeral. The five family members were stabbed to d...

A grave is prepared for a child who died as a result of malnutrition at a Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) centre for severely malnourished children. More than 80 children have died in this part of the...

An Imam's aide digs graves for famine victims in the hot sand. The Imam and his aide buried more than 80 children in a period of about two months.

An eleven month old baby is prepared for burial in the Islamic manner where the body is washed and wrapped in a white cotton shroud. He died as a result of severe malnutrition.

The uncle of a three month old girl shot dead by a sniper, presumed to be a Gaddafi loyalist, carries her shrouded body from a hospital. After a six month revolution, rebel forces finally managed to o...

A funeral procession of a dead rebel fighter on a street in Tripoli. After a six month revolution, rebel forces finally managed to enter Tripoli and have taken control of Bab al-Aziziyah, Col Gaddafi'...

Israelis mourn during the funeral of Ehud Fogel (36), his wife Ruti (35), and their children, 11 year old Yoav, Four year old Elad, and three month old Hadas. The five family members were stabbed to d...

Israelis mourn during the funeral of Ehud Fogel (36), his wife Ruti (35), and their children, 11 year old Yoav, Four year old Elad, and three month old Hadas. The five family members were stabbed to d...

Relatives mourn during the funeral of Ehud Fogel (36), his wife Ruti (35), and their children, 11 year old Yoav, Four year old Elad, and three month old Hadas. The five family members were stabbed to...

Israelis mourn during the funeral of Ehud Fogel (36), his wife Ruti (35), and their children, 11 year old Yoav, Four year old Elad, and three month old Hadas. The five family members were stabbed to d...

Israelis march during the funeral of Ehud Fogel (36), his wife Ruti (35), and their children, 11 year old Yoav, Four year old Elad, and three month old Hadas. The five family members were stabbed to d...

Rebels pray for several bodies found in shallow graves on the road near Brega. On 17 February 2011 Libya saw the beginnings of a revolution against the 41 year regime of Col Muammar Gaddafi.

Family members walk to a Coptic Christian mass funeral at St Simon the Tanner's Church in Mokattam, Cairo. The funeral is for 11 young protesters who were killed by the army during a protest against t...

Women scream at a Coptic Christian mass funeral at St Simon the Tanner's Church in Mokattam, Cairo. The funeral is for 11 young protesters who were killed by the army during a protest against the burn...

A Coptic Christian mass funeral at St Simon the Tanner's Church in Mokattam, Cairo. The funeral is for 11 young protesters who were killed by the army during a protest against the burning of a church...

The body of a dead rebel fighter on a stage as a comrade leads a prayer in honour of him. Those who fall at the front line are brought back to Benghazi so they can be prayed for. On 17 February 2011 L...

Comrades carry the body of a dead rebel fighter in a coffin. Those fallen at the frontline are taken back to Benghazi in order to pray for them. On 17 February 2011 Libya saw the beginnings of a revol...

Comrades carry the body of a dead rebel fighter in a coffin. Those fallen at the frontline are taken back to Benghazi in order to pray for them. On 17 February 2011 Libya saw the beginnings of a revol...

A monk recites a Buddhist sutra during a burial ceremony of unidentified bodies in Yamamoto. On 11 March 2011 a magnitude 9 earthquake struck 130 km off the coast of Northern Japan causing a massive T...

Mourners gather for the funeral of a fallen rebel fighter in Misurata. On 17 February 2011 Libya saw the beginnings of a revolution against the 41 year regime of Col Muammar Gaddafi.

Mourners gather for the funeral of a fallen rebel fighter in Misurata. On 17 February 2011 Libya saw the beginnings of a revolution against the 41 year regime of Col Muammar Gaddafi.

A man mourns at the grave site of a comrade after the funeral in Misurata. On 17 February 2011 Libya saw the beginnings of a revolution against the 41 year regime of Col Muammar Gaddafi.

A man mourns at the grave site of a dead comrade next to graves prepared for more bodies. On 17 February 2011 Libya saw the beginnings of a revolution against the 41 year regime of Col Muammar Gaddafi...

People mourn the loss of a comrade at a funeral. On 17 February 2011 Libya saw the beginnings of a revolution against the 41 year regime of Col Muammar Gaddafi.

Men fire their weapons in honour of a dead comrade at a funeral. On 17 February 2011 Libya saw the beginnings of a revolution against the 41 year regime of Col Muammar Gaddafi.

A woman stands with her two daughters at the funneral of her husband.

An Innu First Nation funeral in the Uashat-Maliotenam reservation.

A worker taking a break in a cemetery. He is working on the site of a large pit which is being dug to bury unidentified victims of the Tsunami and earthquake that struck Northern Japan. On 11 March 20...

Workers digging a pit next to a Buddhist temple to be used as a mass grave for unidentified victims of the quake and Tsunami. On 11 March 2011 a magnitude 9 earthquake struck 130 km off the coast of N...

A man holds a flag at a funeral for 20 year old rebel Najm Briwa who was killed during a fight against pro Gaddafi forces. He and some of his comrades were driving in a car towards the front when they...

A man holds a gun at a funeral for 20 year old rebel Najm Briwa who was killed during a fight against pro Gaddafi forces. He and some of his comrades were driving in a car towards the front when they...

Young men mourn at a funeral for 20 year old rebel Najm Briwa who was killed during a fight against pro Gaddafi forces. He and some of his comrades were driving in a car towards the front when they we...

Family members mourning at the funeral of a Christian man shot dead by Egyptian soldiers during clashes between Muslims and Christians in Cairo's Moqattam quarter. Clashes broke out between Coptic Chr...

Family members mourning at the funeral of Nina Faris, a 16 year old student shot dead by Egyptian soldiers during clashes between Muslims and Christians in Cairo's Moqattam quarter. Clashes broke out...

A child mourns at a mass funeral for approximately 20 people who died on the evening of March 4, when a huge deposit of ammunition exploded outside of Benghazi. Rebels claim that it was Gaddafi's forc...

A mass funeral for approximately 20 people who died on the evening of March 4, when a huge deposit of ammunition exploded outside of Benghazi. Rebels claim that it was Gaddafi's forces that did this,...

Men mourn at a mass funeral for approximately 20 people who died on the evening of March 4, when a huge deposit of ammunition exploded outside of Benghazi. Rebels claim that it was Gaddafi's forces th...

Family and friends pray for a rebel who died of a gunshot wound in the fighting with Gadaffi's forces. Benghazi is now in the hands of the rebels. On 17 February 2011 Libya saw the beginnings of a rev...

Men carry a coffin at a mass funeral for approximately 20 people who died on the evening of March 4, when a huge deposit of ammunition exploded outside of Benghazi. Rebels claim that it was Gaddafi's...

A man mourns at the gravesite after a mass funeral for six people who died during fighting between Gaddafi's forces and the rebels for the control of the city of Brega. Around 500 people attended the...

A man mourns at the gravesite after a mass funeral for six people who died during fighting between Gaddafi's forces and the rebels for the control of the city of Brega. Around 500 people attended the...

People mourn at the gravesite after a mass funeral for six people who died during fighting between Gaddafi's forces and the rebels for the control of the city of Brega. Around 500 people attended the...

A bound body in a coffin being held up at a mass funeral for six people who died during fighting between Gaddafi's forces and the rebels for the control of the city of Brega. Around 500 people attende...

A bound body in a coffin being held up at a mass funeral for six people who died during fighting between Gaddafi's forces and the rebels for the control of the city of Brega. Around 500 people attende...

A man shouts next to coffins at a mass funeral for six people who died during fighting between Gaddafi's forces and the rebels for the control of the city of Brega. Around 500 people attended the fune...

A man fires a gun into the air as a coffin is carried at a mass funeral for six people who died during fighting between Gaddafi's forces and the rebels for the control of the city of Brega. Around 500...

Men carry a coffin at a mass funeral for six people who died during fighting between Gaddafi's forces and the rebels for the control of the city of Brega. Around 500 people attended the funeral. On 17...

A young man helps to carry a coffin at a mass funeral for six people who died during fighting between Gaddafi's forces and the rebels for the control of the city of Brega. Around 500 people attended t...

Neighbours gather for the funeral of Miguel Angel, one of 72 migrants that were killed in Mexico by the criminal cartel, Zetas, in August 2010. Human Rights Watch estimated that 20,000 migrants are ki...

34 year old Marlene, from Honduras, speaks at the funeral of her husband who was murdered by the criminal cartel, Zetas, along with 71 other migrants in Tamaulipas, Mexico, in August 2010. According t...

A son mourns at the funeral of his mother, 79 year old Anna Dokadze. She was seriously injured on 12/08/2008 during the Russian bombing of the main square in Gori and died a few days later from her in...

A man attending the funeral of Amma Serwaa (38) accidentally stands of a graveside bouquet.

Mourners grieve by the body Amma Serwaa (38) during her funeral in Kubease.

Grave bouquets outside an undertakers in Kumasi.

The funeral of Salama Abu Hashish, 19, takes place in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza. Abu Hashish was shot by an Israeli sniper while grazing animals near the northern border. Due to the buffer zone appro...

Ultra-orthodox Jewish children and young men take part in a burial ceremony for Torah scrolls that were destroyed in a fire. Eleven Torah scrolls were burnt in a fire that broke out in a synagogue dur...

Ultra-orthodox Jewish men load clay jars containing burnt Torah scrolls onto the back of a truck during a burial ceremony for eleven scrolls that were destroyed in a fire that broke out in a synagogu...

Ultra-orthodox Jewish men take part in a burial ceremony for Torah scrolls that were destroyed in a fire. Eleven Torah scrolls were burnt in a fire that broke out in a synagogue during the Jewish holi...

A street in Israel's largest ultra-orthodox Jewish city, Bnei Brak.

An Ultra-orthodox Jewish man carries a clay jar containing a burnt Torah scroll, during a burial ceremony for Torah scrolls that were destroyed in a fire. Eleven Torah scrolls were burnt in a fire th...

Ultra-orthodox Jewish men gather at a synagogue to take part in a burial ceremony for Torah scrolls that were destroyed in a fire. Eleven Torah scrolls were burnt in a fire that broke out in a synagog...

Ultra-orthodox Jewish men take part in a burial ceremony for Torah scrolls that were destroyed in a fire. Eleven Torah scrolls were burnt in a fire that broke out in a synagogue during the Jewish holi...

Ultra-orthodox Jewish men take part in a burial ceremony for Torah scrolls that were destroyed in a fire. Eleven Torah scrolls were burnt in a fire that broke out in a synagogue during the Jewish holi...