Burying the victims of COVID-19 pandemic

A worker in protective clothins prepares to place a cross on the ground during a burial at a newly opened cemetery prepared for victims of coronavirus in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia.

Gravediggers open new graves as the number of dead rose after the coronavirus disease outbreak at Vila Formosa cemetery in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Pallbearers wearing protective masks carry the coffin of a woman who died from coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at her funeral in Seriate, Italy

Relatives wearing face masks stand next to graves of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) victims at a cemetery area provided by the government in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Coffins of people who have died from coronavirus disease (COVID-19) are seen in the church of the Serravalle Scrivia cemetery in Italy.

An employee, wearing a protective face mask, prepares a coffin for a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) victim at a funeral logistic center in Ris-Orangis, near Paris, as the spread of the coronavirus disease continues in France.

Iraqi Shiite volunteers from Hashid Shaabi (Popular Mobilization Forces) and members of a medical team wearing protective suits, carry the coffin of a man who passed away due to coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as they bury him at a new cemetery for victims of coronavirus, on the outskirt of Najaf, Iraq.

Gravediggers wearing protective suits gather at Vila Formosa cemetery, Brazil's biggest cemetery in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Funeral parlor employees carry the coffin of a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) victim at a cemetery in Tegucigalpa, Honduras.

Grave diggers prepare a new grave at a cemetery complex provided by the government for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) victims in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Roses are pictured on a new grave at a cemetery complex provided by the government for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) victims in Jakarta, Indonesia.

A worker checks coffins in the parking of a funeral parlour, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Barcelona, Spain.

Municipality workers wearing protective gear bury a victim of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at a cemetery area provided by the government in Jakarta, Indonesia.

A funeral vehicle stands in front of a morgue to carry a coffin of a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) victim to a cemetery in Istanbul, Turkey.

A local priest blesses coffins that have been piling up in a church due to a high number of deaths, before they are taken away by military trucks, as Italy struggles to contain the spread of coronavirus disease in Seriate, Italy.

Relatives attend the funeral of a person who died from coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at the Chiguayante cemetery, in Concepcion, Chile.

Coffins are seen inside a church in Serina near Bergamo, one of Italy's cities worst-hit by coronavirus disease.

Relatives react next to a coffin of a person who died of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at the crematorium of La Almudena cemetery during partial lockdown to combat the coronavirus disease in Madrid, Spain.

Rows of burial pits are pictured at a cemetery after the Mayor of Puerto Vallarta Arturo Davalos ordered it in preparation for victims of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.

A relative reacts before the burial of the journalist Abdollah Zavieh, who passed away due to coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at Behesht Zahra cemetery in Tehran, Iran.