Funeral
'Ash Party,' Today's Comic by Ida Eva Neverdahl
Uncle Pelle has died and everyone is fighting over his ashes.
Rural Cambodians are Hunting and Killing Suspected Witches
The sad, but not uncommon, tale of an elderly healer who was murdered with an axe.
This Is What Happens When You Donate Your Body to Medical Science
It takes courage to relinquish yourself of the only thing that is truly yours, even if you're already dead.
The Strange Case of the Oklahoma Woman Who Dismembered a Corpse at a Funeral
This spring, Shaynna Sims was arrested for "unauthorised dissection" and later charged with stealing the dead woman's shoes.
Scottish People Are Getting Too Fat to Be Cremated
The National Association of Funeral Directors has warned that their coffins are just too big for the furnace doors.
Fertilising Marijuana Plants, and Other Weird Ways to Decay After You Die
As eco-friendly funerals come into vogue, we consider some alternative ways of going back to dust.
A Month Living with Death in a Temple in Nepal
Photographer Yani Clarke spent a month documenting life and death at Nepal's Pashupatinath Temple, a site that holds more than 40 incinerations a day.
We Asked Some Celebrities What It's Like to Be the Subject of an Online Death Hoax
Barry Chuckle, Dave Benson Philips and Pawn Stars' Austin Russell know how it feels when the whole world believe you're dead.
Arcade Fire 'Funeral' 10th Anniversary Retrospectives and Thinkpieces, Ranked
'Funeral' turned ten, and the internet decided you should read their feelings on it.
Things You Only Know When Both Your Parents Are Dead
Here's some stuff I've picked up after a year of being an orphan.
A Funeral for Manuel, 32 Years After the Guatemalan Massacre That Killed Him
A family finally gets closure.
Burma Buried One of Its Greatest Freedom Fighters Yesterday
Win Tin, longtime ally of Aung San Suu Kyi, was laid to rest in Yangoon.