In the fields of Atlixco, San Fúlix Hidalgo, San Pedro Cholula and San Gregorio Zacapechpan in the central Mexican state of Puebla, golden flowers shine ... the path of the dead who return ...

See our photographers' best images of the flowers, which abound at events as diverse as Diwali and the Day of the Dead. Marigolds in hues of orange, yellow, and red spill across the table that ...

For flower shop owners like Olivera, who owns Flowers With Love at 3707 W. 26th St., profits from marigolds during Day of the Dead season lag only behind those during Valentine’s Day and Mother ...