Ethiopians were holding funerals Sunday for friends and relatives who perished in last week's Ethiopian Airlines crash, which killed all onboard and saw the worldwide grounding of the Boeing aircraft involved.
Of the 157 people who died in last week's Ethiopian Airlines crash, 17 of them were Ethiopians. AFP/Samuel HABTAB
One week after the crash, relatives of the 17 Ethiopian victims gathered with hundreds of others at Holy Trinity Cathedral in Addis Ababa, sobbing and holding portraits of their loved ones as an Ethiopian Orthodox priest said the last rites. Hundreds gathered for the funerals at Holy Trinity Cathedral in Addis Ababa, weeping and holding up pictures of those who died. AFP/Samuel HABTAB
The deaths have shocked Africa’s second-most populous country, and the funeral attracted a wide range of mourners. For those in mourning, it was even harder not to have any physical remains to bury, with the government saying it could take six months to identify the victims . AFP/Samuel HABTAB
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