Death and dying
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Afraid of dying alone? How a Chinese app exposed single people’s deepest, darkest fears
In China, marriage and birth rates have hit record lows and many people are living in isolation. Is the Are Yo…
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Life at the heart of Japan’s lonely deaths epidemic: ‘I would be lying if I said I wasn’t worried’
Some 68,000 people are expected to die alone and unnoticed in Japan this year, police say, as the population c…
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‘Our culture is dying’: vulture shortage threatens Zoroastrian burial rites
Inadvertent poisoning of scavengers across Indian subcontinent is forcing some communities to give up ancient …
- Death and dying, Delhi, Global development, Hinduism, Homelessness, India, Poverty, Religion, Social exclusion, Society, South and Central Asia, Voluntary sector, World news
Last rites for Delhi’s forgotten: the woman who cremates strangers
Pooja Sharma has dedicated her life to providing a dignified end for thousands of unclaimed bodies lying in mo…
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The ghosts haunting China’s cities
In the official telling, fears of malevolent spirits are a vestige of old, unenlightened village ways. But tod…
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Ashes to ocean: sea burials become China’s solution to crowded cemeteries
Boatloads of relatives carrying biodegradable urns are saying their farewells over water instead of trying to …
- Asia Pacific, Death and dying, Dementia, Health, Japan, Mental health, Older people, Society, World news
Concern in Japan over high number of ‘lonely deaths’ while living with others
Dementia linked to many instances of people dying at home among family but remaining undiscovered for daysOffi…