Cardinals pay their respects to Pope Francis inside St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 23, 2025, where his body will lie in state for three days. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, Pool)

PHOTO COLLECTION: Scenes from the Vatican

This is a photo collection curated by AP photo editors.

A cardinal holds his zucchetto after the procession with the body of Pope Francis, who will lie in state for three days, arrived in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
Nuns wait in St. Peter’s Square to pay their respect to the late Pope Francis, who will lie in state at St. Peter’s Basilica for three days, at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)
People gather in St. Peter’s Square as they await the arrival of the body of Pope Francis, who will lie in state at St. Peter’s Basilica for three days, at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
Nuns arriving from Spain, some from South America, wait in line to see the body of Pope Francis, who will lie in state for three days, in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
A prelate holds a picture of Pope Francis as he enters the atrium of St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 23, 2025, where the body of Pope Francis will lie in state for three days. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, Pool)
The body of Pope Francis inside St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 23, 2025, where he will lie in state for three days. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
A nun cries as the body of Pope Francis is carried into St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 23, 2025, where he will lie in state for three days. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
A woman sits on the Angels Unawares sculpture by Canadian artist Timothy P. Schmalz, which was was inaugurated by the late Pope Francis and depicts migrants and refugees throughout history, in St. Peter’s Square as people wait to pay their respects at the Pontiff’s coffin at St. Peter’s Basilica, at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)
The ceremony with the Pope Francis’ body, who will lie in state at St. Peter’s Basilica for three days, pass through the crowd at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
Gianlorenzo Bernini’s monumental canopy serves as a dramatic frame as Cardinal Camerlengo Kevin Joseph Farrell leads the procession accompanying Pope Francis’s body into St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican on Wednesday, April 23, 2025. The Pope will lie in state for three days. (Vatican Media via AP)
The body of Pope Francis is carried into St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 23, 2025, where he will lie in state for three days. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
The body of Pope Francis lies inside St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 23, 2025, where he will lie in state for three days. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, Pool)
Nuns pray in front of the body of Pope Francis inside St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 23, 2025, where he will lie in state for three days. (Alessandro Di Meo/Pool Photo via AP)
The body of Pope Francis is carried into St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 23, 2025, where he will lie in state for three days. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Nuns arrive in St. Peter’s Square as they await the arrival of the body of Pope Francis, who will lie in state at St. Peter’s Basilica for three days, at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)
Pontifical Swiss guards stand in St. Peter’s Square before the arrival of the body of Pope Francis, who will lie in state at St. Peter’s Basilica for three days, at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)
Cardinal Luis Antonio Taigle, center, attends the procession of the body of Pope Francis at St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 23, 2025, where he will lie in state for three days. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
Cardinal Camerlengo Kevin Joseph Farrell, flanked by Vatican Master of Ceremonies Monsignor Krzysztof Marcjanowicz, at his left, and Archbishop Diego Giovanni Ravelli, at his right, prays in front of the body of Pope Francis inside St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 23, 2025, where he will lie in state for three days. (Alessandro Di Meo/Pool Photo via AP)
Faithful are given images of Pope Francis as they pay their respects to the late pontiff inside St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 23, 2025, where his body will lie in state for three days. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
Faithful line up to pay their respects to Pope Francis inside St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 23, 2025, where his body will lie in state for three days. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
Faithful take pictures with their smartphones as they pay their respects to Pope Francis inside St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 23, 2025, where his body will lie in state for three days. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
Workers adjust chairs during the preparations in St. Peter’s Square ahead of the arrival of the body of Pope Francis, who will lie in state at St. Peter’s Basilica for three days, at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
Pontifical Swiss guards stand in St. Peter’s Square before the arrival of the body of Pope Francis, who will lie in state at St. Peter’s Basilica for three days, at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)
Security persons stand at St. Peter’s Square ahead of the arrival of the body of Pope Francis, who will lie in state at St. Peter’s Basilica for three days, at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
Two men stand near chairs during the preparations in St. Peter’s Square ahead of the arrival of the body of Pope Francis, who will lie in state at St. Peter’s Basilica for three days, at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
Vatican Swiss Guards receive instructions by a security person in St. Peter’s Square ahead of the arrival of the body of Pope Francis, who will lie in state at St. Peter’s Basilica for three days, at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
Vatican Swiss Guards stand at the Arch of the Bells where the body of Pope Francis will be carried on its way to St. Peter’s Basilica, where it will lie in state for three days, at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
Pilgrims from Croatia arrive at the Vatican, Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
A cardboard cutout of the late Pope Francis is placed next to candles and flowers outside St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
Cardinal Silvano Tomasi blesses a nun in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
A pilgrim kneels in prayer on the Scala Santa, holy stairs, of the Church of Church of Saints Michael and Magnus, in Rome near the Vatican, Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
A nun leans on railings in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican,Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
A woman walks past a wooden board where work in progress is taking place on the spot where Pope Francis will be buried, inside St. Mary Major basilica, in Rome, Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

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