Morgues and cemeteries struggle to bury the victims of COVID-19

Relatives stand next to graves of coronavirus victims at a cemetery area provided by the government in Jakarta, Indonesia

A relative reacts before the burial of the journalist Abdollah Zavieh, who passed away due to coronavirus, at Behesht Zahra cemetery in Tehran, Iran

Municipal workers and relatives wearing protective suits carry the body a woman who died due to the coronavirus, for her burial at a graveyard in Chennai, India

Gravediggers wearing protective suits prepare to bury 67-year-old Ester Melo da Silva, who passed away due to coronavirus, at the Parque Taruma cemetery in Manaus, Brazil

Volunteers from Hashid Shaabi (Popular Mobilization Forces) and members of a medical team wearing protective suits, pray near the coffin of a man who passed away due to coronavirus, as they bury him at a new cemetery for victims of the disease on the outskirts of Najaf, Iraq

Drone pictures show bodies being buried on New York's Hart Island amid the coronavirus outbreak in New York City

Funeral parlor employees carry the coffin of a coronavirus victim at a cemetery in Tegucigalpa, Honduras

A funeral vehicle stands in front of a morgue to carry a coffin of a coronavirus victim to a cemetery in Istanbul, Turkey

An aerial view shows graves, which according to local authorities were prepared in advance for potential victims of the coronavirus, at a cemetery in Dnipro, Ukraine

People offer funeral prayers for a man who died due to coronavirus before his burial at a graveyard in Dhaka, Bangladesh

A mortuary worker is pictured amid coffins, during the coronavirus outbreak, in Brussels, Belgium

Gravediggers wearing protective clothing prepare to bury 78-year-old Lelito Jose Martins, who passed away due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at the Parque Taruma cemetery in Manaus, Brazil

A funeral van with three coffins of people who died of coronavirus is seen at the Spanish muslim military cemetery before a burial in Grinon, Spain

Relatives wearing protective gear prepare to bury the body of a man who died from the coronavirus, at a graveyard in New Delhi, India

Gravediggers wearing protective gear prepare to bury 78-year-old Lelito Jose Martins, who passed away due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at the Parque Taruma cemetery in Manaus, Brazil

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

A worker places flowers on a tomb of a person who died from coronavirus at the Chiguayante cemetery, in Concepcion, Chile,

Funeral home workers in protective gear remove a coffin containing the body of a man as the coronavirus overwhelms sanitary authorities, in Guayaquil, Ecuador

Coffins of people who have died from coronavirus are seen in the church of the Serravalle Scrivia cemetery in Alessandria, Italy

A priest blesses the coffin of a woman who died from coronavirus at her funeral in Seriate, Italy

A worker checks coffins, most of them containing the bodies of COVID-19 victims, in the parking of a funeral parlor in Barcelona, Spain