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The funeral of Pope Francis – in pictures
- A couple sleep in Rome ahead of the funeral
- Photograph: Hannah McKay/Reuters
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- Members of the clergy arrive for the service
- Photograph: Henry Nicholls/AFP/Getty Images
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- Cardinals arrive to be seated in St Peter’s Square
- Photograph: Dylan Martinez/Reuters
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- Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, meets with the US president, Donald Trump, before the funeral at St Peter’s Basilica
- Photograph: Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/AFP/Getty Images
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- People gather in St Peter’s Square at the Vatican
- Photograph: Nathan Howard/Reuters
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- Members of the clergy gather ahead of the funeral mass
- Photograph: Nathan Howard/Reuters
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- US president, Donald Trump, and first lady, Melania Trump, arrive
- Photograph: Guglielmo Mangiapane/Reuters
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- Former US president Joe Biden and his wife, Jill Biden, walk towards their seats in St Peter’s Square
- Photograph: Dylan Martinez/Reuters
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- Attendees and nuns stand in the street before the funeral ceremony
- Photograph: Jeff Pachoud/AFP/Getty Images
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- Britain’s foreign secretary, David Lammy, prime minister, Keir Starmer, and his wife, Victoria Starmer, arrive in St Peter’s Square
- Photograph: Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters
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- Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and first lady, Olena Zelenska, attend the funeral
- Photograph: Nathan Howard/Reuters
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- Cardinals take their places for the mass
- Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images
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- Italian prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, arrives at the funeral of Pope Francis
- Photograph: Franco Origlia/Getty Images
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- Britain’s Prince William walks towards his position
- Photograph: Filippo Monteforte/AFP/Getty Images
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- People watch the funeral ceremony on a large screen in Via della Conciliazione in Rome
- Photograph: Henry Nicholls/AFP/Getty Images
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- Pallbearers carry the coffin of Pope Francis
- Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images
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- Donald and Melania Trump, and France’s president, Emmanuel Macron, and his wife, Brigitte Macron, take their seats for the funeral
- Photograph: Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters
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- Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re leads the funeral mass
- Photograph: Yara Nardi/Reuters
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- St Peter’s Square during the funeral
- Photograph: Nathan Howard/Reuters
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- Members of the clergy watch the late Pope Francis’ funeral ceremony on a large screen in Via della Conciliazione
- Photograph: Henry Nicholls/AFP/Getty Images
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- Archbishop Diego Giovanni Ravelli, kneeling right, presides over the funeral of Pope Francis
- Photograph: Evan Vucci/AP
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- Cardinals attend the ceremony
- Photograph: Filippo Monteforte/AFP/Getty Images
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- Faithful and members of the clergy in St Peter’s Square
- Photograph: Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters
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- Italian president, Sergio Mattarella, Argentina’s general secretary of the presidency, Karina Milei, Argentina’s president, Javier Milei, Queen Rania Of Jordan and King Abdullah II of Jordan at the funeral
- Photograph: Franco Origlia/Getty Images
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- The coffin of Pope Francis is carried during the funeral
- Photograph: Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters
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- Catholic believers attend Pope Francis’s requiem mass at the Esplanade of Tasitolu in Dili in East Timor
- Photograph: Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP/Getty Images
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- Spectators wait behind barriers in central Rome
- Photograph: Marco Bertorello/AFP/Getty Images
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- Clergy attending the funeral in St Peter’s Square
- Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images
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- A photograph taken from St Peter Basilica during the funeral ceremony
- Photograph: Yara Nardi/Reuters
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- Members of the clergy share the Sign of Peace during the funeral
- Photograph: Dylan Martinez/Reuters
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- President Donald Trump, front row second from right, and Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskyy, front row second from left, are seen among other dignitaries during the funeral of Pope Francis
- Photograph: Gregorio Borgia/AP
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- Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re blesses the coffin
- Photograph: Yara Nardi/Reuters
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- Pallbearers carry the coffin to be taken in procession to the church of Santa Maria Maggiore
- Photograph: Filippo Monteforte/AFP/Getty Images
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- Mourners take pictures of the coffin of the late Pope Francis as it is transported by popemobile from St Peter’s Basilica to Santa Maria Maggiore Basilica
- Photograph: Henry Nicholls/AFP/Getty Images
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- The vehicle carrying the coffin of the late Pope Francis drives past the Colosseum
- Photograph: Andrei Pungovschi/Getty Images
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- Pallbearers carry the coffin into the Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major, the pope’s final resting place
- Photograph: Claudia Greco/Reuters
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