funeral

"Funerals today have seemingly become social gatherings with a side of grief." Photo: Unsplash
Thoughts

Funerals for the ages: Remembering the dead or judging the living? 

Former US President Jimmy Carter attends an interview with Reuters in Cairo, Egypt, 12 January 2012. Photo: Reuters
World+Biz

Indian village that changed its name to honour Jimmy Carter pays tribute

Moni Kishore. Photo: UNB
Splash

Singer Moni Kishore laid to eternal rest

People pay their respects to the former chairman of Tata Group Ratan Tata, in Mumbai, India, October 10, 2024. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas
South Asia

Ratan Tata's funeral held with Parsi rituals

China probes rampant graft in funeral homes and services
China

China probes rampant graft in funeral homes and services

Ismail Haniyeh, the leader of the Palestinian armed group Hamas, speaks during a press conference after meeting with Lebanese President Michel Aoun, at the presidential palace, in Baabda, east of Beirut, Lebanon June 28, 2021. File Photo: Dalati Nohra/Lebanese Official Government via AP
Hamas-Israel war

Iran to hold funeral for Hamas chief Haniyeh

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei performs prayer at a funeral for victims of helicopter crash that killed Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Abdollahian and others, in Tehran, Iran, May 22,2024. Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader/WANA (West Asia News Agency) Handout via REUTERS
World+Biz

Qatari Emir, Gulf foreign ministers travel to Iran for President Raisi's funeral

Candles burn as people attend a vigil following the death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, at the Trocadero near the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France, 19 February 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Benoit Tessier
Europe

Alexei Navalny's funeral to be held on Friday in Moscow

FILE PHOTO: A view shows a portrait of Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin at a makeshift memorial in Moscow, Russia August 24, 2023. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo
Europe

Putin won't attend Prigozhin's funeral: Kremlin

The daughter and the extended family of Noorjahan Mandal, performed the funeral on 6 July. Photo: Rajesh Saha/Twitter
Bangladesh

India, Bangladesh defy borders for woman's funeral

Ecuadoran woman wakes up inside coffin at her own wake
Offbeat

Ecuadoran woman wakes up inside coffin at her own wake

Soccer Football - Death of Brazilian soccer legend Pele - Vila Belmiro Stadium, Santos, Brazil - January 2, 2023 Brazilian soccer legend Pele is seen in his casket, on the pitch of his former club Santos' Vila Belmiro stadium REUTERS/Carla Carniel
Sports

Brazil bids farewell to 'king of soccer' Pele with 24-hour wake

Soccer Football - Death of Brazilian soccer legend Pele - Vila Belmiro Stadium, Santos, Brazil - January 3, 2023 Brazil President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is pictured with mourners. as the body of Brazilian soccer legend Pele lays in state on the pitch of his former club Santos' Vila Belmiro stadium REUTERS/Carla Carniel
Sports

Brazil's Lula pays respects to Pele as 150,000 attend stadium wake