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Mourners in Cape Town queue outside St George's Catherdral to pay their final respects to Desmond Tutu whose body is lying in state for a second day ahead of his funeral on Saturday. IMAGES
The coffin of the late Archbishop Desmond Tutu is carried out of Cape Town's St. George's Cathedral and placed into a hearse, following the funeral service of the last great hero of the struggle against apartheid. IMAGES
South Africa's city of Cape Town holds a colourful musical memorial for its first black Anglican Archbishop and global icon, Desmond Tutu, who died on Sunday. The memorial interfaith service held at the city hall is attended by Tutu's window Leah, other family members and politicians. IMAGES
'Even in pain he would have cackled, he would have joked, he would have laughed, he would have cried': Archbishop of Cape Town, Thabo Makgoba, pays tribute to Desmond Tutu after the anti-apartheid icon died aged 90. SOUNDBITE
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
People queuing in front of St Giles' Cathedral in Edinburgh to file past the queen’s coffin early in the morning. IMAGES