In teeming Manila, where poverty runs deep and millions lack adequate shelter, some of the living have found refuge among the dead.

Laileah Cuetara's shanty sits atop a pair of raised tombs inside the Philippine capital's Manila North Cemetery, a sprawling 54-hectare public graveyard that is home to about 6,000 informal settlers and at least a million deceased Filipinos.

The tiny wood structure where she lives with her partner and two children is filled from side to side with a foam mattress, shelves, a television and picture frames. In the doorway, a statue of an angel stands on an infant's crypt that doubles as a table.

The 36-year-old makes around 3,000 pesos ($51) a month selling sweets, drinks and biscuits to cemetery visitors.

Over All Saints' Day and All Souls' Day, when million

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