More than 100,000 pay respects to Pope Francis in final hours of lying-in-state

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More than 100,000 mourners filed into St. Peter's Basilica on Friday to pay their respects to Pope Francis, viewing his open coffin in the final visiting hours ahead of his funeral on Saturday.
Soon after 7 p.m. (1700 GMT) the Vatican ended a TV broadcast of the visits that had been running nearly continuously, ahead of a private ceremony to seal his casket.
As Italian and Vatican police prepared to close the long queue through the central nave of the church, the last visitors shuffled in.
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