Men and women sit on the graves of their loved ones at a Shia Muslim cemetery in Quetta, southwestern Pakistan, reciting verses from the Quran.
Many of the lines of polished marble tombstones are engraved with the image of the person beneath as a permanent reminder of their life.
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