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The Cemetery That Grew Overnight: Inside Venezuela's Race to Give Earthquake Victims a Name Before Burial

Rows of freshly turned earth stretch across a remote section of the new Venezuelan La Esperanza Cemetery. Wooden crosses stand in near-perfect lines. Some bear names. Others display only numbers, silent placeholders for lives that have yet to be identified.

The haunting images have spread across social media, fueling claims that Venezuela has begun burying earthquake victims in mass graves. The reality is more complicated and, in many ways, even more heartbreaking.

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