Funeral directors lower a casket containing the body of a woman from Syria who drowned in the Mediterranean Sea into a grave in the Muslim section of the Berlin-Gatow Cemetery in Berlin, Germany, 16 June 2015. The funeral is an action organized by activists with the 'Center for Political Beauty, ' who are protesting against the EU's refugee policy. The woman's surviving relatives who are living in Germany and agreed to the action were not present. Contrary to the activists' declaration, the woman's child, who also drowned in flight, will not be buried with her. According to the activists, both
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Funeral directors lower a casket containing the body of a woman from Syria who drowned in the Mediterranean Sea into a grave in the Muslim section of the Berlin-Gatow Cemetery in Berlin, Germany, 16 June 2015. The funeral is an action organized by activists with the 'Center for Political Beauty, ' who are protesting against the EU's refugee policy. The woman's surviving relatives who are living in Germany and agreed to the action were not present. Contrary to the activists' declaration, the woman's child, who also drowned in flight, will not be buried with her. According to the activists, both were on board a ship to Italy that capsized in early March. Around 40 refugees were on board, many drowned. Photo: GREGOR FISCHER/dpa