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News in Pictures: April 23, 2025

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April 23, 2025

Day of loss and reverence

STATE HONORS FOR NORA Actress-singer Nora Aunor, who died on April 17 at the age of 71, is given a state funeral befitting a national artist on Tuesday, with devoted fans bidding their idol farewell before her final journey to Libingan ng mga Bayani in Taguig City. Earlier in the day, a necrological service was held for the “Superstar” of Philippine show biz at the Metropolitan Theater in Manila. —NIÑO JESUS ORBETA AND GRIG C. MONTEGRANDE

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GRIEF AT THE VATICAN AND BEYOND The body of Pope Francis lies in an open casket as cardinals hold the rite of the declaration of death in Santa Marta residence at the Vatican on April 21. Elsewhere across the globe, the late Pontiff is honored in solemn rituals like the procession held in Dili, Timor-Leste, and with shrines that draw acts of reverence even from non-Christians, like the Muslim clerics in Lahore, Pakistan). —REUTERS AND AP
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