Filipinos light candles for their departed loved ones in a flooded cemetery following Typhoon Molave, in Masantol, Pampanga, Philippines,on Octo 27, 2020. - Reuters
MANILA (AFP): Thousands of people wearing masks and face shields poured into cemeteries in Manila Wednesday (Oct 28) for their last chance to visit dead loved ones ahead of a government-ordered closure of graveyards for All Saints' Day.
The religious observance on Nov 1 is usually marked by festivities and impromptu family gatherings that authorities fear could fuel the spread of the coronavirus in the Catholic-majority Philippines.
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