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In downtown Montevideo on Thursday, somber crowds thronged the small wooden box that held Sanjurjo’s remains outside Uruguay’s Republic University, home to the forensic investigators that identified her using genetic testing.

As buses bringing young Jewish men in for the march thronged around the Old City’s centuries-old walls, Palestinian shopkeepers closed down in the Muslim Quarter in preparation.

Opponents of the bill thronged outside the parliament building and some shouted “Slaves!” as the vote was announced.

Photos and videos posted by the state news media showed a smaller crowd in Birjand compared with the tens of thousands who thronged the streets of Tehran a day earlier.

The Olympic flame arrived on French soil last week in the ancient port city of Marseille as a joyous crowd thronged the beautiful harbor.