Nov 27, 2016

Cuba’s government declared nine days of national mourning after leader Fidel Castro died Friday. The normally vibrant capital of Havana has been notably subdued, AP reports.

: A man sells newspapers in Havana, on November 27, 2016, two days after Cuban leader Fidel Castro died. Cuban revolutionary icon Fidel Castro died late November 25 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 PHOTO/YAMIL LAGE)

: Cubans read a newspaper in a street of Havana, on November 27, 2016, two days after Cuban leader Fidel Castro died. Cuban revolutionary icon Fidel Castro died late November 25 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 PHOTO/YAMIL LAGE)

: A man remains in a balcony next to a picture of Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro at San Francisco de Asis Square in Havana, on November 27, 2016 two days after Castro’s death. Cuban revolutionary icon Fidel Castro died late November 25 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 PHOTO/Pedro PARDO)

: A man places a Cuban national flag in his restaurant in Havana, on November 27, 2016, two days after Cuban leader Fidel Castro died. Cuban revolutionary icon Fidel Castro died late November 25 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 PHOTO/YAMIL LAGE)

: A man walks next to graffitis reading “Long live Fidel” and “Long live Raul” in a street of Havana, November 27, 2016, two days after Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro died. Cuban revolutionary icon Fidel Castro died late November 25 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 PHOTO/YAMIL LAGE)

: A man reads a newspaper in a street of Havana, on November 27, 2016, two days after Cuban leader Fidel Castro died. Cuban revolutionary icon Fidel Castro died late November 25 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 PHOTO/YAMIL LAGE)

: A mural featuring American author Ernest Hemingway, left, shaking hands with Fidel Castro decorates a wall in a parking lot in Havana, Cuba, Sunday, Nov. 27, 2016. Castro, who led a rebel army to improbable victory, embraced Soviet-style communism and defied the power of 10 U.S. presidents during his half century rule of Cuba, died at age 90 in Cuba late Friday. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

: An image of the late Fidel Castro stands on a chair in a government building in Havana, Cuba, Sunday, Nov. 27, 2016. Cuba is observing nine days of mourning for the former president who ruled Cuba for half a century. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

: A small picture of Fidel Castro and a Cuban flag decorate a home in Havana, Cuba, Sunday, Nov. 27, 2016. Cuba is observing nine days of mourning for the former president who ruled Cuba for half a century. (AP Photo/Desmond Boylan)

: Workers hang a giant Cuban flag on a government building in Havana, Cuba, Sunday, Nov. 27, 2016, two days after the death of Fidel Castro. Cuba is observing nine days of mourning for the former president who ruled Cuba for half a century. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

Cuba mourns death of Fidel Castro

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