Cemeteries in Munich allow QR codes as memorials on headstones, Mr. Hoerauf said, and for more than a decade, people whose loved ones are buried in cemeteries around the world have uploaded photographs and other digital keepsakes to create online memorials that can be viewed via QR code.

BERLIN (AP) — Police in Munich are investigating a mystery: More than 1,000 stickers were put on gravestones and wooden crosses at three cemeteries in the German city, without any indication of where they came from or why.

German police are investigating after over 1,000 QR-code stickers were slapped onto graves across three cemeteries in Munich. The small stickers, when scanned with a mobile phone, show the deceased person’s name and their location in the cemeteries.

Vice President Vance received a standing ovation during his speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) on Thursday for remarks he delivered last week at