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Israeli “Knesset” (parliament) guards stand to attention after lowering the main flag on the Knesset plaza to half-mast, in Jerusalem, 28 September 2016, honoring Israeli elder statesman and former President and Prime Minister Shimon Peres who died earlier in a Tel Aviv hospital. Peres, Israel's 9th president and its elder statesman, died early in the morning of 28 September 2016 after suffering a stroke on 14 September. Peres' body and coffin will lay-in-state at the Knesset for the public to pay their respects on September 29 and on 30 September 2016 a state funeral will be held attended by many world leaders. (Photo by Jim Hollander/EPA)
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