Dozens of victims of France's heatwave who remained unclaimed despite appeals for relatives to come forward have been buried in paupers' graves in an official ceremony.
The simple, non-religious funeral, in the southern Paris suburb of Thiais, took place following the expiry of the official period during which bodies can remain unburied. More than 11,000 people died as a result of the intense summer heat in France - two weeks after their deaths around 400 people were unclaimed. A special taskforce was set up and managed to trace relatives of most but the final 63 had no known family.

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