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Flower store keepers wait for buyers at the Dangwa market in Sampaloc, Manila on Tuesday, October 19, 2021. Sales have been slow due to the pandemic, but store owners are expecting an uptick ahead of All Soul’s Day. Local governments in the National Capital Region have agreed to close all cemeteries from October 29 until November 3 to prevent people from paying their respects to the dead in droves amid the COVID-19 pandemic.