Metro Manila is a bustling city with a population of around 12 million.
It ranks as the worlds eleventh largest metropolitan area and the fifth largest urban area by population.
It is also ranked as one of the most densely populated cities in the world.
But the vast majority of the citys residents are poor.
Stone and marble sarcophaguses inside the mausoleums became beds.
There are karaoke parlours, restaurants and even Internet cafes.
Yet, this is still a fully functioning cemetery, with up to 80 funerals taking place each day.
Many of the cemetery residents have found work among the dead.
Teenagers carry coffins for 50 Filipino pesosabout 50 American cents.
Children collect scrap metal, plastic, and other garbage to sell.
It is hard to know when the first people moved in.
Those who arrived in the 1950s say there were already lots of residents by then.
As of 2012, an estimated 6,000 people live in the cemetery.
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