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In pictures: Iran struggles to bury virus victims

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Day in and day out, Rahimi, a 53-year-old volunteer cleric in the city of Ghaemshahr, puts on his hazmat suit and receives the deceased; disinfecting, washing and shrouding the dead bodies in white cloth.

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By AP December 27, 2020, 6:11:05 PM IST (Published)

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Mourners carry the body of a person who died from COVID-19 at a cemetery in the Shir Kola village on the outskirts of the city of Ghaemshahr, in northern Iran. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

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Relatives of the person who died from COVID-19 mourn at a cemetery in the Shir Kola village on the outskirts of the city of Ghaemshahr, in northern Iran. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

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Ali Rahimi, 53, a volunteer cleric wearing protective clothing prepares for a funeral at a cemetery in the Arateh village on the outskirts of the city of Ghaemshahr. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

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Volunteers and relatives wearing protective clothing and masks lower the body of a person who died from COVID-19 into a grave at a cemetery in the Haji Kola village. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

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Mourners attend the funeral at a cemetery in the Khajoo Kola village on the outskirts of the city of Ghaemshahr. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

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