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MEISSEN, Germany: Employees move coffins with the lettering 'corona' through the mourning hall before cremation at a crematorium on Wednesday. - AFP n

German crematorium struggles in pandemic
TOPSHOT - A picture taken on October 3, 2020 shows Egyptian Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Khaled Al-Anani (L), and Mustafa Waziri (R), Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, open a sarcophagus excavated by the Egyptian archaeological mission working at the Saqqara necropolis, 30 kms south of the capital Cairo, which resulted in the discovery of a deep burial well with more than 59 human coffins closed for more than 2,500 years. - They were unearthed south of Cairo in the sprawling burial ground of Saqqara, the necropolis of the ancient Egyptian capital of Memphis, a UNESCO World Heritage site. Their exteriors are covered in intricate designs in vibrant colours as well as hieroglyphic pictorials. (Photo by Khaled DESOUKI / AFP)

Egypt unveils coffins buried 2,500 yrs ago
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Netherlands inventor's mushroom coffins 'turn corpses into compost'
Workers wearing protective suits carry a mock coffin as part of an awareness drive against the COVID-19 coronavirus in Jakarta on September 1, 2020. - Coffins wrapped in plastic were carried through the streets of Indonesia's capital Jakarta on September 1 as a grim reminder that coronavirus cases are surging in one of one of Asia's worst-hit nations. (Photo by ADEK BERRY / AFP)

Indonesia stages coffin parade as a reminder of coronavirus threat
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