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Added on the 03/09/2022 14:03:39 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
People arrive at the farewell ceremony and lay flowers for Mikhail Gorbachev, last leader of the USSR. Gorbachev -- affectionately known in the West as Gorby -- died on Tuesday at the age of 91 following a "serious and long illness", the hospital where he was treated said. IMAGES
Images of the arrival of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and of people paying their respects at the farewell ceremony of Mikhail Gorbachev in Moscow, an event with little fanfare and with President Vladimir Putin notably absent. IMAGES
Images of the scene outside the House of the Unions in Moscow, where people wait for the farewell ceremony of Mikhail Gorbachev, last leader of the USSR, to begin. IMAGES
King Charles III meets World War II veterans during a ceremony at Kariokor Cemetery after acknowledging there was "no excuse" for colonial-era abuses during Britain's rule of the East African country. IMAGES
The coffin of Fernando Villavicencio, the assassinated presidential candidate in Ecuador, is taken to the church of a cemetery escorted by the police. IMAGES