An Indigenous woman sits by the grave of a relative during the annual Day of the Dead celebration, at a cemetery in Santa María Atzompa, Oaxaca, Mexico, on November 1, 2022. #

People walk through the Nueva Esperanza cemetery in the shantytown Villa María in Lima, Peru, on November 1, 2022. Renewing a tradition that was stalled during the coronavirus pandemic, Peruvian authorities have granted full access to cemeteries on the Day of the Dead, where thousands of Peruvians visit their deceased loved ones. #

An Indigenous woman decorates the grave of her loved one with cempasúchil (marigolds) at a cemetery in San Miguel Canoa, in the state of Puebla in Mexico, on November 1, 2022. #

An 18-meter-tall Catrina sculpture sits in the streets of the town of Zapotlanejo during the Festival de los Altares, as part of the preparations for Day of the Dead in Mexico, on October 29, 2022. #

A person dressed in a mythological-character costume looks on during the traditional Calabiuza, or Fiesta del Ayote, in the municipality of Tonacatepeque on November 1, 2022, in San Salvador, El Salvador. #

A couple dressed up as Animas, a representation of the souls of the dead by the community of Yucatán, is pictured during the performance of La Vaqueria de las Animas in Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico, on October 31, 2022. #

People with their faces painted as skulls participate in the traditional Mayan commemoration of the dead Hanal Pixan, or Paseo de las Animas ("Parade of the Souls"), during Day of the Dead celebrations in Mérida, Mexico, on October 28, 2022. #