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  • 26
    Oct
    2011
    10:58am, EDT

    Painting tombstones in Spain in preparation for All Saints Day

    Jon Nazca / Reuters

    People paint a tombstone at the cemetery of Casabermeja, near the southern Spanish city of Malaga, October 26, 2011, in preparation for All Saints Day.

    Jon Nazca / Reuters

    A man paints a tombstone at the cemetery of Casabermeja, near the southern Spanish city of Malaga, October 26, 2011. Catholics will mark All Saints Day on November 1 by visiting cemeteries and graves of deceased relatives and friends.

    By Phaedra Singelis, NBC News

     I couldn't decide which one I liked better. Maybe the photographer couldn't either. What about you?

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  • 26
    May
    2011
    6:31pm, EDT

    Soldiers place flags in Arlington National Cemetery

    Michael Reynolds / EPA

    Soldiers of the 3rd US Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) place grave decorating flags in Section 60, during the 'Flags In' ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, USA, 26 May. The ceremony known as 'Flags In' is performed to commemorate and honor US military personnel ahead of the upcoming 30 May 2011 Memorial Day and has been conducted annually since 1948. During 'Flags In', the 3rd US Infantry Regiment will place an American flag at each of the more than 220,000 graves at Arlington National Cemetery. Section 60 is the final resting place for the majority of casualties at Arlington National Cemetery that died from Operation Iraqi Freedom in Iraq and Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan.

    By Jim Seida

    For many, Memorial Day is about family vacations or sales at the mall; for others it's about honoring service members or visiting the graves of deceased relatives.  Visiting the Arlington Cemetery site, I was surprised to learn that they average 28 funerals a day.  You can see today's funeral schedule here.

     

    Win McNamee / Getty Images

    Members of the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment place American flags at the graves of U.S. soldiers buried at Arlington National Cemetery in preparation for Memorial Day May 26.

    Win McNamee / Getty Images

    U.S. Army Private Philip Wong places a flag at the headstone of Sgt. Paul Dumont at Arlington National Cemetery in preparation for Memorial Day May 26.

     

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  • 6
    May
    2011
    12:28pm, EDT

    WWII soldiers from the former Soviet Union are buried

    Dmitry Lovetsky / AP

    Nikolay Makarov, a member of an excavation team searching for the remains of Soviet soldiers killed during WWII, holds a medal at the village of Sinyavino, 31 miles east of St.Petersburg, Russia.

    Dmitry Lovetsky / AP

    Nikolay Makarov holds a medal from WWII For the Defense of Leningrad at the village of Sinyavino.

    Kirill Kudryavtsev / AFP - Getty Images

    Coffins are prepared before a funeral ceremony at a cemetery in Sinyavino on May 6, for the remains of over 500 Soviet soldiers killed during World War II.

    Dmitry Lovetsky / AP

    Members of search teams which found remains of Soviet soldiers killed during World War II, carry coffins during a funeral ceremony at the village of Sinyavino, Friday, May 6, 2011. The remains of over 500 soldiers killed in heavy battles during World War II near Leningrad, now St. Petersburg, in 1942-1944, were buried during a ceremony in Sinyavino.

    Dmitry Lovetsky / AP

    Antonina Melnikova, 78, holds a portrait and personal items belonging to her father, Grigory Melnikov, whose remains were reburied during a funeral ceremony at Sinyavino.

    Dmitry Lovetsky / AP

    Gravestones at the WWII soldier's cemetery in the village of Sinyavino.

    By Phaedra Singelis, NBC News

    According to the site ww2museums.com, the Red Army lost about 360,000 soldiers and officers here. Ten thousands of Russians are buried in countless mass graves and thousands more are scattered across the area in unknown locations.

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  • 28
    Jan
    2011
    2:26pm, EST

    Gyoergy Varga / EPA

    Gravestones lie turned over in the Jewish cemetery in Marcali, Hungary, Jan. 28, 2011. More than 70 graves have been violated. Reports state that a Hungarian police investigation is underway.

    Jewish graves desecrated in Hungary

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