Thousands of Cubans line the streets as Fidel Castro's ashes begin final four-day journey
- Fidel Castro's ashes began a four-day journey across Cuba from Havana to Santiago on Wednesday
- The late-leader's ashes were inside a small cedar coffin that was draped in a Cuban flag inside a glass box
- The ashes will be interred in the eastern city of Santiago on Sunday, ending a nine-day mourning period
- Thousands of Cuban people were seen lining the street as the 90-year-old's ashes were driven passed them
Fidel Castro's ashes began a four-day journey across Cuba on Wednesday from Havana to their final resting place in the eastern city of Santiago.
A small, Cuban-flag covered cedar coffin containing the remains of the 90-year-old leader was taken out of Cuba's Defense Ministry just after 7am and placed into a flower-bedecked trailer pulled by a green military jeep for the more than 500-mile (800-kilometer) procession.
The ashes will be interred Sunday, ending the nine-day mourning period for the man who ruled the country for nearly 50 years.
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Placed in a small coffin covered by a Cuban flag the ashes of Cuban leader Fidel Castro are driven along the streets of Havana, Cuba, Wednesday
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The box containing the ashes of Cuba's late President Fidel Castro is placed in a military vehicle at the start of a tour across the country
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This map shows the route Castro's ashes tour will take. It traces in reverse the victory tour Fidel and his rebels took after overthrowing the forces of strongman Fulgencio Batista in 1959
View attachment 441729 The box containing the ashes of Cuba's late President Fidel Castro is carried to a military vehicle at the start its trip to Santiago
View attachment 441728 A solider looks on as mourners wave Cuban flags while waiting for the motorcade carrying Fidel Castro's ashes to arrive in Havana
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Castro's ashes have begun a four-day journey across Cuba from Havana to their final resting place in the eastern city of Santiago
View attachment 441726 People line the famous Malecon seaside boulevard as the motorcade carrying the ashes of Cuban leader Fidel Castro passes in Havana
View attachment 441725 Cuban people are crowded on the side of a highway as the military convoy, including a jeep carrying Fidel Castro's ashes, drives through Matanzas
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The urn with the ashes of Cuban leader Fidel Castro is driven past the Memorial to Jose Marti as it leaves Revolution Square in Havana
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