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The coffin of European Parliament president David Sassoli arrives at the Basilica of St. Mary of the Angels and the Martyrs for the State funeral. IMAGES
Mourners arrive at church to attend the funeral service for Zambia’s founding president Kenneth Kaunda. A hero of the struggle against white-minority rule, Kaunda, popularly known by his initials of KK, died at the age of 97 on 17 June 2021 at a military hospital where he had been admitted with pneumonia. He was president of Zambia for 27 years, taking the helm after the country gained independence in October 1964. Mourners include former Zambian president Rupiah Banda and former Mozambican president Joaquim Chissano. IMAGES
Soldiers bear the coffin of former Zambian President Kenneth Kaunda at a memotial ceremony in a stadium of the capital Lusaka. A hero of the struggle against white rule in southern Africa, Kaunda died on June 17 at a military hospital where he had been admitted with pneumonia. IMAGES
Planes fly over Lusaka's National Heroes Stadium and cannons fire in a salute to Zambia's founding president Kenneth Kaunda during a state memorial service, two weeks after he died aged 97 at a military hospital where he had been admitted days earlier with pneumonia. IMAGES
Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives at Orly airport, France, where he is welcomed by French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal for a two-day state visit to France as part of his first European tour since 2019. He is set to meet his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron, expected to push Xi on issues ranging from Ukraine to trade. IMAGES
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