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Skeletons pile up at cemetery in Brazil

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Vitória de Santo Antão, Mar 18 (EFE).- Brazilians were scandalized this week by videos showing skeletons in a heap at the back of a cemetery in this northeastern city where a years-long problem of overcrowding has been exacerbated by Covid-19.Efe saw dozens of skeletons in a heap, covered only by sheets of plastic, at the cemetery in Vitoria de Santo Antao, located west of Recife in Pernambuco state.The scene evokes a horror film, with hands and jawbones protruding from under the flimsy covering. (Camera: WALDHEIM GARCÍA). SHOT LIST: A CEMETERY IN VITORIA DE SANTO ANTAO, BRAZIL.

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