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A nun reacts after seeing the body of late Pope John Paul II inside St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican Tuesday, April 5, 2005. Tens of thousands of mourners have queued to catch a glimpse of the body and pay their respects to the late Polish pontiff who died on Satuday, April 2, 2005. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito) |
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Pilgrims line up outside Saint Peter's Basilica as they wait to pay their respects to the late Pope John Paul II at the Vatican, April 5, 2005. Kings, queens and heads of state and government will join pilgrims for the funeral of Pope John Paul on Friday in what is expected to be the biggest gathering at the Vatican in its history. REUTERS/Yves Herman |
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Ten of thousands of pilgrims queue outside Saint Peter's Basilica to see the late Pope John Paul II lying in state at the Vatican April 5, 2005. REUTERS/Max Rossi |
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Thousands of pilgrims line up to see the late Pope John Paul II lying in state in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican April 5, 2005. A swelling tide of faithful flowed past Pope John Paul's body on Tuesday in an outpouring of affection to repay the Polish Pontiff who reached out to millions during his 26-year papacy. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach |
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Paramedics assist a faithful after fainting while waiting in line to enter St.Peter's Basilica where late Pope John Paul's body lies in state, at the Vatican, Tuesday, April 5, 2005.Rome is bracing for an unprecedented flow of pilgrims - some predict their numbers may match the city's own 3 million residents - for the days leading to Friday's Pope funeral. (AP Photo/Plinio Lepri) |
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Police officers patrol St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Tuesday, April 5, 2005 as thousands of faithful are heading to the St. Peter's Basilica to say a personal farewell to the pontiff. Rome is bracing for an unprecedented flow of pilgrims - some predict their number may match the city's own 3 million residents - in the days preceding Friday's funeral. (AP Photo/Plinio Lepri) |
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Police officers patrol St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Tuesday, April 5, 2005 as thousands of faithful are heading to the St. Peter's Basilica to say a personal farewell to the pontiff. Rome is bracing for an unprecedented flow of pilgrims - some predict their number may match the city's own 3 million residents - in the days preceding Friday's funeral. (AP Photo/Plinio Lepri) |
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People queue to enter the Vatican's St. Peter's Basilica April 5, 2005. A sea of faithful filed past Pope John Paul's body in St. Peter's Basilica on Tuesday as the Roman Catholic Church prepared for his funeral and the choice of a successor to the third-longest reigning pontiff. Photo by Stefano Rellandini/Reuters |
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Pilgrims queue outside Saint Peter's Basilica as they wait to pay their respects to the late Pope John Paul II at the Vatican April 5, 2005. Up to two million people are expected for the funeral on Friday as well as almost 200 world leaders in an unprecedented salute for the pontiff. REUTERS/Stefano Rellandini |