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Mourners file into St. Peter’s Basilica for Pope Francis’ final visitation

More than 100,000 mourners filed into St. Peter’s Basilica today to pay their respects to Pope Francis, viewing his open coffin in the final visiting hours ahead of his funeral on Saturday.

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People speak with Bishop Michael James Sis outside St. Peter's Basilica where Pope Francis lies in state, at the Vatican, on April 25.
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People attend a prayer service at the Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major (Santa Maria Maggiore), a day before the funeral of Pope Francis in Rome, Italy, on April 25.
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People queue to pay their respects to Pope Francis inside St. Peter's Basilica, as Pope Francis lies in state, at the Vatican, on April 25.
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People stand inside St. Peter's Basilica after paying their respects to Pope Francis who lies in state, at the Vatican, on April 25.
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People walk inside St. Peter's Basilica where Pope Francis lies in state, at the Vatican, on April 25,.
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Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and his wife Rosangela "Janja" da Silva pay their respects to Pope Francis inside St. Peter's Basilica, as Pope Francis lies in state, at the Vatican, on April 25.
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The casket of Pope Francis is being sealed at St. Peter's Basilica, ahead of his funeral at the Vatican, on April 25.

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