VATICAN CITY (REUTERS)
A number of prominent world leaders have so far said they will attend Pope Francis' funeral on Saturday in the Vatican City's Saint Peter's Square.
The pontiff passed away aged 88 on Monday.
ARGENTINA - President Javier Milei
BELGIUM - King Philippe and Queen Mathilde
BRITAIN - Prime Minister Keir Starmer
BRAZIL - President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and first lady Janja Lula da Silva
EUROPEAN COMMISSION - President Ursula von der Leyen
EUROPEAN COUNCIL - President Antonio Costa
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT - President Roberta Metsola
EAST TIMOR - President Jose Ramos-Horta, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Bendito Freitas
FRANCE - President Emmanuel Macron
GERMANY - President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and outgoing Chancellor Olaf Scholz
HUNGARY - President Tamas Sulyok
ITALY - President Sergio Mattarella and Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni
LATVIA - President Edgars Rinkevics
LITHUANIA - President Gitanas Nauseda
POLAND - President Andrzej Duda
ROMANIA - Interim President Ilie Bolojan
SWITZERLAND - President Karin Keller-Sutter
UKRAINE - President Volodymyr Zelenskiy
UNITED STATES - President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump