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Mexico's Day of the Dead: By the numbers
A statistical look at the annual celebration
Posted on 21 June 2018
Every year across Mexico, people gather to celebrate loved ones they’ve lost. Dia de Muertos, or Day of the Dead, is a colourful festival meant to reflect joyously on the lives those lost ones left, rather than to mourn them. Here are some fast facts about Mexico’s iconic annual festival: