China, Guangxi Province, Fuli, Funeral procession mourners kneeling in front of flower covered coffin carried behind. .

China, Guangxi Province, Fuli, Chief mourner in funeral procession being supported along street watched by crowds.

India, Uttar Pradesh, Varanasi, A funeral pyre at Harishchandra Ghat.

India, Bihar, Gaya, A body is carried through the streets of to the cremation site on the ghats of the Phalgu River.

India, Bihar, Gaya, A body is carried through the streets of to the cremation site on the ghats of the Phalgu River.

India, Bihar, Gaya, A body is carried through the streets of to the cremation site on the ghats of the Phalgu River.

India, Bihar, Gaya, A body is carried through the streets of to the cremation site on the ghats of the Phalgu River.

India, Pondicherry, Funeral cortege in the streets of Pondicherry.

Myanmar, Myitkyina, Funeral for son of local Chinese shopkeeper. The Chinese minority are mostly traders in Myitkyina originating from Yunnan Province bordering Kachin state.

Sri lanka, Haputale, Funeral ritual with son of the deceased with head shaved as sign of bereavement placing offerings on ground marked with coloured tika powder.

India, Calcutta, Hindu cremation. Son lighting his father s funeral pyre under partly covered body.

Italy, Campania, Pompeii, Victims of 79AD Vesuvius eruption, Pompeii archaeological site near Naples.