Day of the Dead celebrations

San Salvador, El Salvador: A man places flowers on a tomb at the cemetery Photograph: Jose Cabezas/AFP/Getty Images Managua, Nicaragua: A girl carries a cross made of flowers on her back as she walks to a cemetery Photograph: Esteban Felix/AP El Alto, Bolivia: A boy stands next to a tomb covered with bread at Villa Ingenio cemetery Photograph: Aizar Raldes/AFP/Getty Images Panama City, Panama: A band plays the national anthem at the Amador cemetery Photograph: Arnulfo Franco/AP Port-au-Prince, Haiti: Flowers are sold at the national cemetery Photograph: Spencer Platt/Getty Images Tlacotepec, Mexico: People visit the tombs of relatives on All Souls' Day Photograph: Ulises Ruiz Basurto/EPA San Salvador, El Salvador: A woman sells flowers at the Bermeja general cemetery Photograph: Roberto Escobar/EPA Lima, Peru: A man pours a glass of beer on the grave of a loved one at Nueva Esperanza cemetery. Once an illegal burial ground, Nueva Esperanza is believed to be Latin America's largest cemetery, with thousands buried on the slopes of the hills Photograph: Cris Bouroncle/AFP/Getty Images Mexico City, Mexico: A man cleans the grave of a relative at San Isidro cemetery Photograph: Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP/Getty Images Medellín, Colombia: People gather at La Escombrera, where according to locals 160 people were killed and buried by Colombia's rightwing paramilitary guerrillas Photograph: Raul Arboleda/AFP/Getty Images Tegucigalpa, Honduras: A woman and her daughter decorate the grave of their relatives at the general cemetery Photograph: Orlando Sierra/AFP/Getty Images San Salvador, El Salvador: A worker paints a grave at the general cemetery Photograph: Jose Cabezas/AFP/Getty Images