The World in Photos This Week

Hugo Chávez is laid to rest; Kenya goes to the polls; and locusts swarm the Middle East.

MARCH 8, 2013

On March 5 in a military hospital in Caracas, Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez died of complications related to cancer. In this photo, taken in Caracas on March 6, hundreds of supporters follow the coffin of the late president through the streets of the Venezuelan capital. For more on the house that Chávez built -- and how his successor will have to pick up the pieces now that he's gone -- check out this article by Javier Corrales, and see this slide show on the celebrity-president's life in pictures.

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