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Photos: Remembering the pope

Mourners in Rome upload photos of their experience honoring the pope, bidding farewell.

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Remembering the pope

Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims to Vatican City can watch ceremonies remembering the pope on giant screens.

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Giant screen

Remembering the pope

An endless line stretches out in front of the center doors to the basilica in St. Peter's Square, where the pope's body lay in state preceding Friday's funeral.

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Line to basilica

Remembering the pope

Posters of Pope John Paul II decorate bus stations in Rome following his death. This one, directly translated, reads "good man."

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Pope posters

Remembering the pope

Candles of remembrance in Rome in the wake of Pope John Paul II's death last Saturday.

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Candles of remembrance

Remembering the pope

A priest, one of the many people camping out near the site of Pope John Paul II's funeral, rolls up his sleeping bag.

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Remembering the pope

Thousands of pilgrims camp out in Rome's Circus Maximus, an ancient track used primarily for horse-racing, the week following the pope's passing.

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Crowd at Circus Maximus

Remembering the pope

A mourner waves an Italian flag that refers to the pope.

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Italian flag

Remembering the pope

An image of the pope's casket being carried through Vatican City can be viewed on a large screen.

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Casket seen on-screen