People turn up in large numbers to pay tribute to Comrade Fidel

Ten-year-old Marlon Mendez (R), who claims to be an admirer of Cuba's former President Fidel Castro, visits a temporary memorial to Castro in Revolution Square in Havana, Cuba (REUTERS)

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Ten-year-old Marlon Mendez (R), who claims to be an admirer of Cuba's former President Fidel Castro, visits a temporary memorial to Castro in Revolution Square in Havana, Cuba (REUTERS)

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A man signs the condolence book at the Cuban embassy in Panama City on November 28, 2016. Cuban revolutionary icon Fidel Castro died last Friday in Havana, his brother, President Raul Castro, announced on national television. Castro's ashes will be buried in the historic southeastern city of Santiago on December 4 after a four-day procession through the country. (AFP)

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View of the facade of the Cuban embassy in Panama City, where Fidel Castro's followers placed letters, flowers and banners on November 28, 2016. Cuban revolutionary icon Fidel Castro died last Friday in Havana, his brother, President Raul Castro, announced on national television. Castro's ashes will be buried in the historic southeastern city of Santiago on December 4 after a four-day procession through the country. (AFP)

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People walk past the fence of the Cuban embassy in Panama City where Fidel Castro's followers placed letters, flowers and banners on November 28, 2016. Cuban revolutionary icon Fidel Castro died last Friday in Havana, his brother, President Raul Castro, announced on national television. Castro's ashes will be buried in the historic southeastern city of Santiago on December 4 after a four-day procession through the country. (AFP)

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A man watches on TV a program in homage to late Cuban revolutionary icon Fidel Castro in Havana, on November 28, 2016. Hundreds of thousands of Cubans swarmed Havana's iconic Revolution Square in a tearful and nostalgic tribute to Fidel Castro on Monday, kicking off a week-long farewell to the divisive Cold War icon. (AFP)

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Students march, one carrying a wreath, to a memorial honoring the late Fidel Castro, in the Ciudad Escolar Libertad neighborhood in Havana, Cuba, Monday, Nov. 28, 2016. Cubans on Monday began bidding farewell to Castro, the man who ruled the island for nearly half a century. Cuba's government has declared nine days of national mourning following Castro's death Friday night at age 90. (AP)

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A man signs the condolence book at the Cuban embassy in Panama City on November 28, 2016. Cuban revolutionary icon Fidel Castro died last Friday in Havana, his brother, President Raul Castro, announced on national television. Castro's ashes will be buried in the historic southeastern city of Santiago on December 4 after a four-day procession through the country. (AFP)

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A woman signs a book of condolences, and a loyalty oath for the late Fidel Castro at the Journalists and Writers Union Federation building in Havana, Cuba, Monday, Nov. 28, 2016. Cubans on Monday began bidding farewell to Castro, the man who ruled the island for nearly half a century. (AP)