WE HAVE MOVED
TO NEARBY
CEMETERIES TO
HELP ENSURE
THAT OUR
DECEASED ARE
NOT ABANDONED.”
—Manuel Mendizábal,
Society of Public Charity
of Huancavelica
With a sunset’s
fading light behind
them, workers from a
funeral home in Huan-
cavelica wait for the
end of a service to
move a coffin into a
niche at the city’s
general cemetery.
Although COVID-19
death counts are unre-
liable, Peru has one of
the world’s highest per
capita death tolls. In
the rural area around
Huancavelica, the
pandemic has claimed
more than 1,160 lives.APR. 2 4 A CITY’S CEMETERY IS OVERWHELMED
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