Hundreds of thousands attend Pope Francis's funeral

Hundreds of thousands attend Pope Francis's funeral

Hundreds of thousands of mourners, as well as world leaders, attend the funeral of Pope Francis.

According to the Vatican, 400,000 people packed St Peter's Square and lined the streets of Rome to bid farewell to the first Latin American leader of the world's 1.4 billion Catholics.

Francis sought to steer the centuries-old Church into a more inclusive direction during his 12-year papacy, and his death prompted a global outpouring of emotion.