Caracas, Venezuela — Mourners lined up to view President Hugo Chavez's body lying in state at the Military Academy in Caracas.

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Caracas, Venezuela — A woman hold up a framed image of Venezuela's late President Hugo Chavez as she waits in line to see his body lying in state.

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MInsk, Belarus — A Belarussian military officer carries flowers while walking past larger-than-life posters of Hugo Chavez outside the Venezuelan embassy..

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Caracas, Venezuela — Venezuelans wait to view the body of late President Hugo Chavez as it lay in state.

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Caracas, Venezuela — Throngs of Venezuelans accompany the funeral cortege of late President Hugo Chavez through the streets of Caracas on its way to the Military Academy, where his coffin lay in state.

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Caracas, Venezuela — Supporters of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez weep outside the military hospital where he died Tuesday. Seven days of mourning were declared, school was suspended for the week and friendly heads of state were expected for an elaborate funeral Friday.

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Quito, Equador — Mourners hold candles and posters of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez outside the Venezuelan embassy in Quito after his death.

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Managua, Nicaragua — Nicaraguans gather in Revolution Square in Managua for a tribute to Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.

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Moscow — A woman bends to touch a portrait of late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez displayed above a sidewalk memorial outside the Venezuelan embassy in Moscow.

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Moscow — Flowers and other typical Russian tributes to Hugo Chavez outside the Venezuelan embassy in Moscow.

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Berlin — A man writes a note in a book of condolence at the embassy of Venezuela in Berlin.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Michael Sohn / Associated Press

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Cali, Colombia — An extra edition of Colombia's El Pais newspaper reports the death of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.

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San Salvador, El Salvador — A supporter of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez joins a gathering in his memory in Salvador del Mundo Square.

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Caracas, Venezuela — A Caracas newspaper declares "He has left us" in announcing the death of President Hugo Chavez.

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Managua, Nicaragua — Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega speaks at a gathering in memory of his Venezuelan counterpart, Hugo Chavez, at Revolution Square in Managua.

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Caracas, Venezuela — A distraught woman reacts to President Hugo Chavez's death.

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Caracas, Venezuela — A supporter of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez cries outside the military hospital where he died.

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Caracas, Venezuela — Venezuelans in shock over the death of President Hugo Chavez fill the streets outside the military hospital where he died hours earlier.

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