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Norwegian flags across Oslo were raised from half mast to the top to mark the end of the burial, while the royal family returned to the royal palace.

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

The rebels impose their own Ebola-prevention measures, including strict enforcement of safe burial practices.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

President Museveni has ordered an official burial for the monarch and national flags will fly at half-mast for three days around the funeral.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

Four of the six individuals were sisters and daughters of the pharaoh Amenemhat II. They had been placed in matching underground burial chambers.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 30, 2026

Shemira, the act of guarding our dead, was one of our oldest burial traditions, dating back to the days when desecration and vermin were true threats.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

Meanwhile, in Chitwan, a district far downstream from where the floods first hit, makeshift burials were taking place after the Himalayan nation's river systems brought nearly 300 dead bodies to its banks.

From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026

Overwhelmed by the number of bodies and without proper freezing facilities, Nepali authorities have had to begin burials before completing the identification process.

From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026

Foreign Secretary Amrit Bahadur Rai told reporters on Sunday the burials followed international protocols, adding that Nepal needed "more than a thousand" freezer units to store bodies.

From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026

Bodies placed on top of one another were found in two-thirds of the chamber's burials.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 19, 2026

It is a testament to our confraternity, however, that a curious ground of agreement was eventually reached: the necessity of concealing all mourning at the smallpox burials, and displaying only dancing and festival triumph.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson