In pictures: Czechs line Prague streets to mourn Vaclav Havel

Czechs pay final respects to Vaclav Havel

Thousands line the streets of Prague at start of three days of mourning for the former president and dissident playwright who led the Czech Republic and Slovakia out of communism.

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