I stood quietly in a small church in rural Spain. A close relative had died, and we had gathered for her funeral ...

“Opo. Send [ka na] ngayon,” the funeral service replied with emojis of a smiling face, winking face, and a green heart. “‘Yung patay ka na pero dapat [aesthetic] ka pa rin ...

This photograph from the funeral procession of Kim Jong Il, taken by the Korean Central News Agency and distributed by Reuters, Agence France-Presse and Reuters, was proven to be digitally altered.

These aesthetic embellishments serve to counteract ... “Over the 4-day course of the viewing and funeral ceremony, the Pope’s chest ‘exploded’ due to build-up of gas in the chest cavity ...