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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
Mourners arrive at the funeral of South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who died on Boxing Day at the age of 90. South Africa's President Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa, the country's former president Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki and Tutu's widow, Leah, are among the attendees at his funeral. IMAGES
Desmond Tutu -- South Africa's anti-apartheid icon, Nobel peace prize laureate and a man dubbed the "moral compass of the nation" -- attends a special thanksgiving service at St George's Cathedral in Cape Town, where he was appointed South Africa's first black Anglican archbishop, to mark his 90th birthday. IMAGES
A funeral for Archbishop Desmond Tutu begins with a hymn and a procession of clerics down the aisle at a cathedral in Cape Town. The requiem mass started at 10 am (0800 GMT) at the city's St. George's Cathedral where, for years, Tutu used the pulpit to rail against a brutal white minority regime, and that is where he will be buried. Famous for his modesty, Tutu gave instructions for a simple, no-frills ceremony, with a cheap coffin, donations for charity instead of floral tributes and an eco-friendly cremation. IMAGES
Flowers and candles in hand, a hundred people, as well as the parents of the victim gather in front of the home of the young woman killed by her ex-husband on Friday in Bordeaux - south west city of France. IMAGES
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