In pictures: Mourning the Pope

1 of 8 Poles have been paying their respects to their son and the man they credit with the fall of communism.

2 of 8 Grief has enveloped the Pope's home town of Wadowice since Saturday night when they received the sad news.

3 of 8 The Pope is being remembered throughout the world - here an East Timorese woman prays.

4 of 8 Survivors of an earthquake on the Indonesian island of Nias found time to pray for him too.

5 of 8 Fiercely Catholic Croatians flocked to churches lighting candles in memory of the Pope.

6 of 8 Nuns from the Missionaries of Charity remembered the leader of the Catholic world in Jerusalem.

7 of 8 In Jordan, Catholic believers joined in paying respects to an icon.

8 of 8 And in Moscow, Catholics went to remember the Pope, who was unable to make a trip to Orthodox-dominated Russia.