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Many of the worshippers then go to where the body has been prepared for prayers - it is then transported to the graveyard for burial, often thronged by the mourners.

Thousands of Syrians have thronged the streets of the capital, Damascus, and other cities to celebrate the fall of the regime of Bashar al-Assad.

In downtown Montevideo on Thursday, somber crowds thronged the small wooden box that held Sanjurjo’s remains outside Uruguay’s Republic University, home to the forensic investigators that identified her using genetic testing.

As buses bringing young Jewish men in for the march thronged around the Old City’s centuries-old walls, Palestinian shopkeepers closed down in the Muslim Quarter in preparation.

Opponents of the bill thronged outside the parliament building and some shouted “Slaves!” as the vote was announced.