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A person with the Hezbollah flag draped over his shoulders looks on during the day of a public funeral ceremony for late Hezbollah leaders Hassan Nasrallah and Hashem Safieddine, who were killed in Israeli airstrikes last year, in Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium, Beirut, Lebanon February 23, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Mohammed Yassin
Middle East

Massive crowds mourn Hezbollah's slain leader Nasrallah

Carrying pictures of Nasrallah and Hezbollah flags, supporters from Lebanon and other countries in the region filled the 55,000-seat Camille Chamoun Sports City stadium in the Hezbollah-controlled...

A vehicle carries the coffins of former Hezbollah leaders Hassan Nasrallah and Hashem Safieddine, who were killed in Israeli airstrikes last year, during a public funeral ceremony, in Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium, on the outskirts of Beirut, Lebanon February 23, 2025. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani
Middle East

Tens of thousands mourn Hezbollah's slain leader Nasrallah in mass funeral

The funeral ceremony for Prince Karim al-Hussaini Aga Khan IV took place on 8 Feb at the Ismaili Centre Lisbon. Photo: Courtesy
World+Biz

Aga Khan’s funeral service held in Portugal ahead of private burial ceremony in Egypt

"Funerals today have seemingly become social gatherings with a side of grief." Photo: Unsplash
Thoughts

Funerals for the ages: Remembering the dead or judging the living? 

Former US President Jimmy Carter attends an interview with Reuters in Cairo, Egypt, 12 January 2012. Photo: Reuters
World+Biz

Indian village that changed its name to honour Jimmy Carter pays tribute

Moni Kishore. Photo: UNB
Splash

Singer Moni Kishore laid to eternal rest

People pay their respects to the former chairman of Tata Group Ratan Tata, in Mumbai, India, October 10, 2024. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas
South Asia

Ratan Tata's funeral held with Parsi rituals

China probes rampant graft in funeral homes and services
China

China probes rampant graft in funeral homes and services

Ismail Haniyeh, the leader of the Palestinian armed group Hamas, speaks during a press conference after meeting with Lebanese President Michel Aoun, at the presidential palace, in Baabda, east of Beirut, Lebanon June 28, 2021. File Photo: Dalati Nohra/Lebanese Official Government via AP
Hamas-Israel war

Iran to hold funeral for Hamas chief Haniyeh

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei performs prayer at a funeral for victims of helicopter crash that killed Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Abdollahian and others, in Tehran, Iran, May 22,2024. Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader/WANA (West Asia News Agency) Handout via REUTERS
World+Biz

Qatari Emir, Gulf foreign ministers travel to Iran for President Raisi's funeral

Candles burn as people attend a vigil following the death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, at the Trocadero near the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France, 19 February 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Benoit Tessier
Europe

Alexei Navalny's funeral to be held on Friday in Moscow

FILE PHOTO: A view shows a portrait of Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin at a makeshift memorial in Moscow, Russia August 24, 2023. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo
Europe

Putin won't attend Prigozhin's funeral: Kremlin

The daughter and the extended family of Noorjahan Mandal, performed the funeral on 6 July. Photo: Rajesh Saha/Twitter
Bangladesh

India, Bangladesh defy borders for woman's funeral