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Police block a massive crowd of people hoping to enter Moscow's Borisovo cemetery where the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is being laid to rest, with many in the throng chanting Navalny's name. Thousands of mourners have braved the risk of arrests to attend Navalny's funeral, which was held two weeks after President Vladimir Putin's top critic died in an Arctic prison. IMAGES
A German court sentences a Gambian man to life in prison over his participation in a death squad that assassinated opponents of former dictator Yahya Jammeh, including AFP journalist Deyda Hydara. Bai Lowe,48, has been convicted of crimes against humanity, murder and attempted murder for his role as a driver for the hit squad known as the "Junglers". IMAGES
Images of the plot in Saint Petersburg's Porokhovskoye cemetery where the spokespeople of Yevgeny Prigozhin are urging mourners to pay their respects to the Russian chief of the mercenary Wagner group. Last week Prigozhin died in a private jet crash along with nine other people, two months after ordering his troops to topple Russia's military leadership. A private ceremony was held to commemorate his death. IMAGES
Life Guards ride their horses in front of Buckingham Palace while holding up a flag the day after Queen Elizabeth II's death. IMAGES
Images of the Gorbachev's coffin being loaded into a car and taken to the cemetery after his funeral ceremony in Moscow. Gorbachev died on 30 August at the age of 91, following a "long and serious illness", said the hospital where he was being treated. IMAGES
Nicolas Sarkozy, Claude Lelouch, Pierre Arditi and Line Renaud arrive at the Saint-Germain-des-Près church in Paris for a mass in memory of Bernard Tapie, who died on Sunday. IMAGES
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