AP PHOTOS: Notable attendees at the funeral of Pope Francis at the Vatican

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis was mourned astatine his funeral Saturday arsenic a humble pastor to those connected the planetary margins. But a who’s who of the world’s astir almighty heads of authorities and royalty gathered to wage their respects to the person of a minuscule country, Vatican City, and a religion with immoderate 1.4 cardinal adherents.

In the packed quadrate successful beforehand of St. Peter’s Basilica, U.S. President Donald Trump was successful the beforehand row, and astir 10 mourners to his close was Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The 2 had met to talk astir the Russia-Ukraine war earlier the Mass. First woman Melania Trump, Queen Letizia of Spain and erstwhile U.S. archetypal woman Jill Biden each wore solemn expressions and accepted achromatic veils with lace arsenic they attended alongside their husbands — the archetypal 2 adjacent each different successful the beforehand row.

Britain’s Prince William was possibly the astir recognizable among European royals, from Monaco’s to Norway’s. French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer were spotted talking with Trump and Zelenskyy connected the sidelines. For the archetypal Latin American pope and the son of Italian immigrants, Argentina’s President Javier Milei and Italy’s Premier Giorgia Meloni and President Sergio Mattarella turned out.

For the pontiff who undertook much than 3 twelve overseas trips — including a marathon 1 past twelvemonth to Asia and Oceania — scores much planetary dignitaries sat nether the superb prima successful red-checkered headdresses, somber headscarves, turbans and sashes.

This is simply a photograph assemblage curated by AP photograph editors.