In pictures: world reacts to death of Fidel Castro
By Globaltimes.cn, Published: 2016-11-27 14:28:46
Fidel Castro makes a speech during a UNESCO awarding ceremony on February 3, 2006, in Havana, Cuba. Photo: Sven Creutzmann/Mambo Photography/Getty Images/CFP
Editor's Note:
Cuban revolutionary icon Fidel Castro died on November 25 (local time) in Havana, at the age of 90. He is considered to be one of the most admired and controversial leaders of the 20th century after defying the United States during a half-century of iron-fisted rule and surviving the eclipse of global communism. People from all around the world are holding memorials to mourn the former Cuban leader after his brother, President Raul Castro, announced his death on national television.

The Cuban flag flies at half-mast at the US Embassy in Havana, Cuba, on November 26 following the death of Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro. Photo: YAMIL LAGE/CFP
People in Kolkata, India remember revolutionary leader Fidel Castro during a rally on November 26, 2016. Photo: Dibyangshu SARKAR/CFP
People attend a candlelight vigil to mourn the death of Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro outside the Cuban Embassy in Holborn, London, on November 26, 2016. Photo: CFP
People wave Cuban national flags next to an image of late Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez, during a memorial for Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro in Caracas, Venezuela, on November 26, 2016. Photo: Juan BARRETO/CFP
People raise flowers to mourn Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro in front of his portrait at the Cuban Embassy in Bogota, Colombia, on November 26, 2016. Photo: Guillermo LEGARIA/CFP
People place flowers in front of a portrait of Fidel Castro outside the Cuban Embassy in Guatemala City, Guatemala, on November 26, 2016. Photo: JOHAN ORDONEZ/CFP
Newspapers at a kiosk in La Paz, Bolivia carry the news of Castro’s death on November 26, 2016. Photo: AIZAR RALDES/CFP
People place flowers and notes in front of the Cuban Embassy to mourn the death of Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on November 26, 2016. Photo: Martin Zabala/Xinhua
A man mourns the death of Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro in front of the Cuban Embassy in Santiago, Chile, on November 26, 2016. Photo: Str/Xinhua
People bow to mourn the death of Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro outside the Cuban Embassy in Beijing, China, on November 27, 2016. Photo: Li Hao/GT
A man places a flower outside the Cuban Embassy to mourn the death of Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro, in Beijing, China, on November 27, 2016. Photo: Li Hao/GT
People place flowers and notes outside the Cuban Embassy to mourn the death of Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro, in Beijing, China, on November 27, 2016. Photo: Li Hao/GT
The Cuban flag flies at half-mast at the Cuban Embassy in Beijing, China, on November 27 following the death of Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro. Photo: Li Hao/GT
People place flowers and notes outside the Cuban Embassy to mourn the death of Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro, in Beijing, China, on November 27, 2016. Photo: Li Hao/GT