Tens of thousands say goodbye to Pope Francis lying in state

Pallbearers carry the coffin of late Pope Francis during the procession of the late Pope's coffin from the chapel of Santa Marta to St Peter's Basilica, in The Vatican. [AFP]

Tens of thousands of mourners began saying their last goodbyes to Pope Francis at St Peter's Basilica Wednesday, as the body of the late Argentine pontiff began three days of lying in state.