Dig for Victory: Grave diggers compete to be the best

In a graveyard in Hungary, solemn contemplation gave way to frantic sportsmanship on Friday as dozens of grave diggers battled to prove they were the fastest and best in the business. Taking their places at plots selected by pulling names out of a hard hat, 18 two-man teams waited for an official to shout “Start!“ before shoveling at the ground to dig a precise, regulation-size grave as quickly as possible. “I don’t think this is morbid,“ the Hungarian Undertakers’ Association’s deputy chairman, Zoltan Jura
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