Muhammad Ali's moving funeral procession, in photos

Thousands gathered for Muhammad Ali's funeral procession in Louisville, Kentucky.
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On Friday, tens of thousands of people gathered in Louisville, Kentucky, to honor boxing great Muhammad Ali during a full-day commemoration procession. A motorcade carried Ali's body past his childhood home and several other cultural landmarks before arriving at Cave Hill Cemetery, where the global icon will be interred. Below, scenes from a legend mourned. Kimberly Alters

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Kimberly Alters is the news editor at TheWeek.com. She is a graduate of the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University.