Hundreds of thousands of people gathered in mosques on Friday to perform absentie prayers for earthquake victims across the Muslim world.
Pope Benedict XVI died on Saturday at the age of 95 in the secluded Vatican monastery where he had lived since his shock resignation in 2013.
Dozens of people were attending a funeral on a soccer pitch at the base of a 20-metre high soil embankment, which collapsed on top of them, witnesses said.
Monday is set to be packed with funeral events for the late Queen Elizabeth in London and Windsor as hundreds of thousands of mourners ready to say their final goodbye.
Around 500 royals, heads of state and government from around the globe have been invited to the ceremony.
London’s Metropolitan police force said there is no terrorism link to the stabbing and that a suspect has been arrested.
All matches in England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales were postponed last weekend as a mark of respect over the death of Queen Elizabeth II.
The ceremony will be only the second state funeral for a former prime minister in post-war Japan, after that of Shigeru Yoshida, who led the country following World War II.
Meanwhile, a Colombian police chief said a former Haitian justice ministry official may have ordered the assassination of Haiti's president, citing a preliminary investigation into the murder.
Deby, a close Western ally, was killed in battle with rebels on Monday, raising concern in the US and France that turmoil and uncertainty following his death will hamper the fight against militants across the Sahel region.
The funeral, which will be telecast live on television, will take place within Windsor Castle, but there will be no public processions due to the pandemic.
The latest chorus of international condemnation comes after the defence chiefs of the United States, Britain, Japan and nine other countries denounced Myanmar's military.
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