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The coffin of France's last Resistance fighter, Hubert Germain, who died last month aged 101, arrives at Mont Valerien, where he will be buried in a special crypt reserved for Resistance fighters. IMAGES
Former Irish Republican Army commander turned peace negotiator Martin McGuinness is buried, his supporters giving him the funeral of an Irish chieftain. IMAGES
Robert Oliver Calvo, a Spanish-American man who died in the Germanwings plane crash, is remembered at a Barcelona funeral service. Vanessa Johnston reports.
French President Emmanuel Macron is paying tribute to the heroism of members of the World War II Resistance based at a remote Alpine plateau who were attacked by the Nazi army and French collaborationist forces. Members of the resistance used the Vercors Plateau as a refuge after the occupation of France from 1940, receiving airdrops from the Allies and even occasional visits by British agents with the top-secret Special Operations Executive (SOE) unit. With 2024 marking 80 years since the penultimate year of World War II, Macron is making a series of high-profile commemorations to remember resistance heroes but also to note the role played by native French collaborationist militia (milice) in the German occupation. IMAGES
Finland's former president and Nobel laureate Martti Ahtisaari is laid to rest in a state funeral held in the Nordic country's capital Helsinki. Ahtisaari died at the age of 86 in October after battling Alzheimer's disease. Serving as president from 1994 to 2000, Ahtisaari was also a mediator who negotiated an end to conflicts around the globe, from Indonesia to Kosovo and Namibia. His formidable career, which spanned over 40 years, earned him worldwide recognition and a Nobel Peace Prize in 2008. IMAGES
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