Images of Saint Peter's Square in Vatican City, after the Vatican announced the death of former pope Benedict XVI at the age of 95. "With sorrow I inform you that the Pope Emeritus, Benedict XVI, passed away today at 9:34 in the Mater Ecclesiae Monastery in the Vatican," Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni said in a statement.

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