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Stephanie Foden

A man delivers loaves of bread to Central de Abasto market in Oaxaca City.

Eduardo Espina Sánchez paints a Frida Kahlo-inspired carita for a competition in Miahuatlán.

Catarano Cardova decorates his family grave with candles and flowers in Panteon Viejo Xoxocotlán.

Rey Baltazer sits on a grave decorated with candles and flowers in Panteon Viejo Xoxocotlán on Day of the Dead, when people of all ages paint their faces to resemble calaveras, or skulls.

A young girl, Margarita Jimenez, dressed as a skeleton stands on a grave in Panteón Xoxocotlán. The calavera Catrina, or elegant skull, is the Day of the Dead’s most iconic symbol.

Skull-shaped caritas dry in the sun outside the Sánchez family home in Miahuatlán.

Caritas, or little faces, are molded with dough and colored with vegetable-based paint.

Tourists gather to admire the São Francisco church in Pelourinho. An estimated one ton of gold was used to adorn the church's interior beginning in the mid-1700s.