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Cemetery workers in protective suits carry a coffin at night. Shovels are visible in the foreground, and trees are in the background. The image is monochromatic.
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The sad reality of night burials at Vila Formosa cemetery

São Paulo, BR·9 Apr 2021

The Vila Formosa cemetery, the largest in Latin America, located on the east side of the city of São Paulo, is experiencing today something never seen before. With the worsening of the pandemic and the high number of victims of COVID-19, the burial schedule had to be extended until late at night, where teams of gravediggers take turns in the arduous work of burying in front of a scenario where the sadness is immeasurable.

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Cemetery workers in protective suits carry a coffin at night. Shovels are visible in the foreground, and trees are in the background. The image is monochromatic.

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