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Added on the 03/01/2023 14:37:14 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Scores of mourners waving Israeli flags hold a procession from the home of slain US-Israeli hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin to the Jerusalem cemetery where he was set to be buried. Israeli authorities on Sunday announced the death of the 23-year-old along with that of five other hostages seized during Hamas's unprecedented October 7 attack on southern Israel. They said their bodies were recovered after they were shot at close range on Thursday or Friday, after nearly 11 months in captivity. IMAGES
The coffin of Hamas's political leader Ismail Haniyeh, killed in a strike in Tehran blamed on Israel, arrives in Doha ahead of his funeral on Friday. Haniyeh was killed on July 31 in a strike on Tehran that Hamas and Iran have blamed on Israel. IMAGES
Family and close friends of Rex Masai, the first protester killed during demonstrations in Nairobi on June 20 over tax hikes, pay their respects at the morgue in Machakos, about an hour outside Kenya's capital, ahead of the funeral. IMAGES
The coffin of ex-Pope Benedict XVI arrives in St. Peter’s Square ahead of his funeral. Almost a decade after he became the first pontiff in six centuries to resign, his successor Pope Francis will lead a requiem mass in the vast St. Peter's Square before his body is laid ro rest in the papal tombs beneath St Peter's Basilica. IMAGES
Brazilian football legend Pele's remains arrive at the cemetery where he will be interred in a mausoleum, after three days of national mourning, a 24-hour wake, and a massive funeral procession. IMAGES