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A Thai volunteer adjusts a skull of unclaimed body after it was dug out from a graveyard during a mass exhumation at Poh Teck Tung Foundation Cemetery in Samut Sakhon province, Thailand November 3, 2015. (Photo by Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters)

A Thai volunteer adjusts a skull of unclaimed body after it was dug out from a graveyard during a mass exhumation at Poh Teck Tung Foundation Cemetery in Samut Sakhon province, Thailand November 3, 2015. Human remains from 3,890 unclaimed bodies have been dug out of graves to be cleaned and put into storage in a warehouse before being cremated, in order to make room for further unidentified corpses. A Buddhist mass cremation ceremony will be held in November. The Poh Teck Tung Foundation collects thousands of unclaimed bodies annually, mostly belonging to fatal accident victims, and buries them temporarily while waiting for relatives to claim them. The bodies dug up on Tuesday were mostly kept at the graveyard between 2004 and 2014. (Photo by Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters)



A Thai volunteer adjusts skulls and skeletons of unclaimed bodies after they were dug out from a graveyard during a mass exhumation at Poh Teck Tung Foundation Cemetery in Samut Sakhon province, Thailand November 3, 2015. (Photo by Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters)

A Thai volunteer adjusts skulls and skeletons of unclaimed bodies after they were dug out from a graveyard during a mass exhumation at Poh Teck Tung Foundation Cemetery in Samut Sakhon province, Thailand November 3, 2015. (Photo by Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters)



Volunteers clean the remains of unclaimed bodies after the bodies were dug out from a graveyard during a mass exhumation at Poh Teck Tung Foundation Cemetery in Samut Sakhon province, Thailand November 3, 2015. (Photo by Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters)

Volunteers clean the remains of unclaimed bodies after the bodies were dug out from a graveyard during a mass exhumation at Poh Teck Tung Foundation Cemetery in Samut Sakhon province, Thailand November 3, 2015. (Photo by Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters)



Volunteers dig out the remains of unclaimed bodies from a graveyard during a mass exhumation at Poh Teck Tung Foundation Cemetery in Samut Sakhon province, Thailand November 3, 2015. (Photo by Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters)

Volunteers dig out the remains of unclaimed bodies from a graveyard during a mass exhumation at Poh Teck Tung Foundation Cemetery in Samut Sakhon province, Thailand November 3, 2015. (Photo by Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters)



Volunteers carry the remains of unclaimed bodies from a graveyard during a mass exhumation at Poh Teck Tung Foundation Cemetery in Samut Sakhon province, Thailand November 3, 2015. (Photo by Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters)

Volunteers carry the remains of unclaimed bodies from a graveyard during a mass exhumation at Poh Teck Tung Foundation Cemetery in Samut Sakhon province, Thailand November 3, 2015. (Photo by Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters)



Volunteers carry the remains of unclaimed bodies after the remains were dug out from a graveyard during a mass exhumation at Poh Teck Tung Foundation Cemetery in Samut Sakhon province, Thailand November 3, 2015. (Photo by Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters)

Volunteers carry the remains of unclaimed bodies after the remains were dug out from a graveyard during a mass exhumation at Poh Teck Tung Foundation Cemetery in Samut Sakhon province, Thailand November 3, 2015. (Photo by Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters)



A volunteer holds a skull and remains from unclaimed bodies after they were dug out from a graveyard during a mass exhumation at Poh Teck Tung Foundation Cemetery in Samut Sakhon province, Thailand November 3, 2015. (Photo by Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters)

A volunteer holds a skull and remains from unclaimed bodies after they were dug out from a graveyard during a mass exhumation at Poh Teck Tung Foundation Cemetery in Samut Sakhon province, Thailand November 3, 2015. (Photo by Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters)



A volunteer puts a banknote on remains for luck during a mass exhumation at Poh Teck Tung Foundation Cemetery in Samut Sakhon province, Thailand November 3, 2015. (Photo by Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters)

A volunteer puts a banknote on remains for luck during a mass exhumation at Poh Teck Tung Foundation Cemetery in Samut Sakhon province, Thailand November 3, 2015. (Photo by Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters)



Volunteers clean skulls and remains of unclaimed bodies after they were dug out from a graveyard during a mass exhumation at Poh Teck Tung Foundation Cemetery in Samut Sakhon province, Thailand November 3, 2015. (Photo by Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters)

Volunteers clean skulls and remains of unclaimed bodies after they were dug out from a graveyard during a mass exhumation at Poh Teck Tung Foundation Cemetery in Samut Sakhon province, Thailand November 3, 2015. (Photo by Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters)



The remains of bodies are pictured after they were dug out from a graveyard during a mass exhumation at Poh Teck Tung Foundation Cemetery in Samut Sakhon province, Thailand November 3, 2015. (Photo by Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters)

The remains of bodies are pictured after they were dug out from a graveyard during a mass exhumation at Poh Teck Tung Foundation Cemetery in Samut Sakhon province, Thailand November 3, 2015. (Photo by Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters)



A volunteer pays her respect to the remains of the unclaimed body during a mass exhumation at Poh Teck Tung Foundation Cemetery in Samut Sakhon province, Thailand November 3, 2015. (Photo by Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters)

A volunteer pays her respect to the remains of the unclaimed body during a mass exhumation at Poh Teck Tung Foundation Cemetery in Samut Sakhon province, Thailand November 3, 2015. (Photo by Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters)
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