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French people queue to pay their final respects to Jacques Chirac, who died on Thursday at the age of 86. The coffin, draped in the red white and blue colours of the French flag, was placed at the entrance of Saint-Louis des Invalides Cathedral, under a giant portrait of the former president. IMAGES
Thousands of people are queuing, day and night, along London's River Thames to pay their last respects to Queen Elizabeth II as her coffin lies in state at Westminster Hall. The UK Department of Culture has said that wait times could be as high as 30 hours as the queue continues to grow ahead of the record-breaking monarch's funeral on Monday 19 September. IMAGES
Thousands in Singapore queue up for hours to pay their last respects to the city state's first prime minister Lee Kuan Yew who passed away earlier in the week. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
In Vantaa, north of the Finnish capital Helsinki, people pay their respects outside the school where a 12-year-old child opened fire the previous day, killing one classmate and seriously injuring two others, before being arrested. IMAGES
Chileans line up outside the former National Congress to pay their respects to former president Sebastian Pinera, whose funeral is scheduled for February 9. The 74-year-old billionaire served two non-consecutive terms in office, leaving his final mandate in 2022. IMAGES COMPLETE VIDI34HW93Y_EN
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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