A man stands in front of rows of tombs in a Madrid cemetery on Nov. 1. Pushed for space, a Spanish cemetery in Torrero, near Zaragoza, has begun placing stickers on thousands of burial niches whose leases are up as a warning to relatives or caretakers to pay up or face possible eviction. Many Spanish cemeteries no longer allow people to buy grave sites, but instead lease them out for periods of five or 49 years.
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