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  • Castel Gandolfo, Italy - 21 February 2013: Saverio Petrillo, director of the Ponitifical Villas, introduces a tour for journalists in "Benedict XVI" room of the Papal Palace in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, on February 21 2013.<br />
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On 11 February 2013, Pope Benedict XVI informed the cardinals gathered in Consistory that he had decided to resign the papacy, effective 28 February 2013. When he leaves the papacy at the end of the month, Benedict will retire to his summer home in Castel Gandolfo, in the hills outside Rome, before moving to the Mater Ecclesiae convent, a plain, four-story structure built 21 years ago to serve as an international place “for contemplative life within the walls of Vatican City,” as it is described on a Vatican Web site.<br />
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Gianni Cipriano for The New York TimesCastel Gandolfo, Italy - 21 February 2013: in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, on February 21 2013.<br />
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On 11 February 2013, Pope Benedict XVI informed the cardinals gathered in Consistory that he had decided to resign the papacy, effective 28 February 2013. When he leaves the papacy at the end of the month, Benedict will retire to his summer home in Castel Gandolfo, in the hills outside Rome, before moving to the Mater Ecclesiae convent, a plain, four-story structure built 21 years ago to serve as an international place “for contemplative life within the walls of Vatican City,” as it is described on a Vatican Web site.<br />
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Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, on February 21 2013.<br />
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On 11 February 2013, Pope Benedict XVI informed the cardinals gathered in Consistory that he had decided to resign the papacy, effective 28 February 2013. When he leaves the papacy at the end of the month, Benedict will retire to his summer home in Castel Gandolfo, in the hills outside Rome, before moving to the Mater Ecclesiae convent, a plain, four-story structure built 21 years ago to serve as an international place “for contemplative life within the walls of Vatican City,” as it is descri
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  • Harlem, New York, USA - November 8. A elderly woman celebrates the funeral of her relative in the chapel of the Isaiah Owens Funeral Home on November 8, 2007 in Harlem, New York, USA. In the African American culture a funeral is often defined as a home going celebration. It is believed that the deceased goes "back home", in a place of peace, rest and joy.
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  • Harlem, New York, USA - March 29. Isaiah Owens exits the morgue of Mount Sinai hospital for a "removal on March 29, 2008 in Harlem, New York, USA.  A removal consists in picking up a body at the morgue of the hospital and bring it to the funeral home. Owens Funeral Home.
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  • Harlem, New York, USA - April 21. A detail of the shoes of Mr Parks, funeral home director Isaiah Owens' cousin, who lays in his casket at the Isaiah Owens Funeral Home on April 21, 2008 in Harlem, New York, USA.
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  • Harlem, New York, USA - April 21. The corpse of Mr Parks, funeral home director Isaiah Owens ' cousin, lays in his casket with his hand in the pocket at the Isaiah Owens Funeral Home on April 21, 2008 in Harlem, New York, USA. it is part of Isaiah Owens' style to shape the bodies as they appeared when they were alive.
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  • Harlem, New York, USA - March 24. A fan on a glass table with funeral home director Isaiah Owens' picture and the slogan "Where beauty softens your grief" and "Leading funeral service into the 21st century" on March 24, 2008 in Harlem, New York, USA. This fan is distributed to family and friends of the deceased during the viewing and the funeral service in the chapel of the Isaiah Owens Funeral Home.
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  • Harlem, New York, USA - March 24. The deceased woman Bernice McCants, 72, lays down on a stretcher in the chapel of the Isaiah Owens Funeral Home before being placed in her casket on March 24, 2008 in Harlem, New York, USA. Next to her, on the left, are some tools used by the funeral home director Isaiah Owens for the preparation of the body. These include make-up, needles, liquid tissue (botox), and oil (for the face).
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  • Harlem, New York, USA - March 29. The "toolbox" of funeral home director Isaiah Owens is in the basement of the funeral home, where the embalming process takes place, on March 29, 2008 in Harlem, New York, USA. His tools include wigs, needles, liquid tissue (botox), oil (for the face), newspaper and make-up.
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  • Castel Gandolfo, Italy - 21 February 2013: Religious icons are for sale in Anna Maria Vici Torrigiani's shop in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, on February 21 2013.<br />
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On 11 February 2013, Pope Benedict XVI informed the cardinals gathered in Consistory that he had decided to resign the papacy, effective 28 February 2013. When he leaves the papacy at the end of the month, Benedict will retire to his summer home in Castel Gandolfo, in the hills outside Rome, before moving to the Mater Ecclesiae convent, a plain, four-story structure built 21 years ago to serve as an international place “for contemplative life within the walls of Vatican City,” as it is described on a Vatican Web site.<br />
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Gianni Cipriano for The New York TimesCastel Gandolfo, Italy - 21 February 2013: in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, on February 21 2013.<br />
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On 11 February 2013, Pope Benedict XVI informed the cardinals gathered in Consistory that he had decided to resign the papacy, effective 28 February 2013. When he leaves the papacy at the end of the month, Benedict will retire to his summer home in Castel Gandolfo, in the hills outside Rome, before moving to the Mater Ecclesiae convent, a plain, four-story structure built 21 years ago to serve as an international place “for contemplative life within the walls of Vatican City,” as it is described on a Vatican Web site.<br />
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Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times
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  • Castel Gandolfo, Italy - 21 February 2013: On the right, a picture of Stefano Carosi, owner of the Bar Carosi, being introduced to Pope John Paul II, hangs on the wall of Bar Carosi; on the left a picture of Pope John Paul II saluting the crowd from the Papal Palace, in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, on February 21 2013.<br />
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On 11 February 2013, Pope Benedict XVI informed the cardinals gathered in Consistory that he had decided to resign the papacy, effective 28 February 2013. When he leaves the papacy at the end of the month, Benedict will retire to his summer home in Castel Gandolfo, in the hills outside Rome, before moving to the Mater Ecclesiae convent, a plain, four-story structure built 21 years ago to serve as an international place “for contemplative life within the walls of Vatican City,” as it is described on a Vatican Web site.<br />
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Gianni Cipriano for The New York TimesCastel Gandolfo, Italy - 21 February 2013: in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, on February 21 2013.<br />
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On 11 February 2013, Pope Benedict XVI informed the cardinals gathered in Consistory that he had decided to resign the papacy, effective 28 February 2013. When he leaves the papacy at the end of the month, Benedict will retire to his summer home in Castel Gandolfo, in the hills outside Rome, before moving to the Mater Ecclesiae convent, a plain, four-story structure built 21 years ago to serve as an international place “for contemplative life within the walls of Vatican City,” as it is described on a Vatican Web site.<br />
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Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times
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  • Castel Gandolfo, Italy - 21 February 2013: The doorman of the Papal Palace open the door on Freedom Square (Piazza della Libertà) in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, on February 21 2013.<br />
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On 11 February 2013, Pope Benedict XVI informed the cardinals gathered in Consistory that he had decided to resign the papacy, effective 28 February 2013. When he leaves the papacy at the end of the month, Benedict will retire to his summer home in Castel Gandolfo, in the hills outside Rome, before moving to the Mater Ecclesiae convent, a plain, four-story structure built 21 years ago to serve as an international place “for contemplative life within the walls of Vatican City,” as it is described on a Vatican Web site.<br />
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Gianni Cipriano for The New York TimesCastel Gandolfo, Italy - 21 February 2013: in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, on February 21 2013.<br />
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On 11 February 2013, Pope Benedict XVI informed the cardinals gathered in Consistory that he had decided to resign the papacy, effective 28 February 2013. When he leaves the papacy at the end of the month, Benedict will retire to his summer home in Castel Gandolfo, in the hills outside Rome, before moving to the Mater Ecclesiae convent, a plain, four-story structure built 21 years ago to serve as an international place “for contemplative life within the walls of Vatican City,” as it is described on a Vatican Web site.<br />
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Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times
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  • Harlem, New York, USA - November 7. Funeral home director Isaiah Owens places the casket of Doreen Guyton in the hearse after a funeral service at the Owens Funeral Home on November 7, 2007 in Harlem, New York, USA.
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  • Harlem, New York, USA - April 18. A detail of the hands of the deceased Ka Shaun Lambert, 17, who died of cancer in Alabama and was shipped back home to New York for the funeral, on April 18, 2008 in Harlem, New York, USA. He lays down here in his casket in the chapel of the Isaiah Owens Funeral Home.
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  • Harlem, New York, USA - April 18. The deceased Ka Shaun Lambert, 17, who died of cancer in Alabama and was shipped back home to New York for the funeral, lays down here in his casket in the chapel of the Isaiah Owens Funeral Home on April 18, 2008 in Harlem, New York, USA.
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  • Harlem, New York, USA - April 18.  A staff worker of the Isaiah Owen Funeral Home prepares the white suit for the body of Ka Shaun Lambert, 17, who died of cancer in Alabama and was shipped back home to New York for the funeral, on April 18, 2008 in Harlem, New York, USA. After the corpse is dressed, it will be placed in its casket for the make-up process.
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  • Harlem, New York, USA - March 20. Funeral home director Isaiah Owens  applies some nail polish to the deceased  Bernice McCants, 72 years old, who died on March 15th 2008 and lays down here in her casket in the chapel of the Isaiah Owens Funeral Home before the viewing on March 20, 2008 in Harlem, New York, USA.
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  • Harlem, New York, USA - March 29. Funeral home director closes the door of the morgue drawer after he took out the corpse at the Mount Sinai Hospital on March 29, 2008 in Harlem, New York, USA. This kind of procedure is called "removal". A removal consists in picking up a body at the morgue and bring it to the funeral home.
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  • GRASSANO, ITALY - 24 JULY 2014: Mayors of the province of Matera (wearing Italian mayoral sashes) wait for Mayor of New York Bill de Blasio to come out of the city hall and go up on stage in Grassano, his ancestral home town in Italy, on July 24th 2014.<br />
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Mayors of the province of Benevento (in the first three rows, wearing an Italian mayotal sashes) and local residents listen to the speeches of local officials introducing Mayor of New York Bill De Blasio before giving him a honorary citizenship of Sant'Agata de Goti, the ancestral home town where Mr De Blasio is originally from, in Italy on July 23rd 2014.<br />
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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio arrived in Italy with his family Sunday morning for an 8-day summer vacation that includes meetings with government officials and sightseeing in his ancestral homeland.
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  • SANT'AGATA DE GOTI, ITALY - 23 JULY 2014: A mobile billboard welcomes Mayor of New York Bill De Blasio back home, at the entrance of Sant'Agata de Goti, his ancestral home town in Italy, on July 23rd 2014.<br />
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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio arrived in Italy with his family Sunday morning for an 8-day summer vacation that includes meetings with government officials and sightseeing in his ancestral homeland.
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  • Castel Gandolfo, Italy - 21 February 2013: Artisan Anna Maria Vici Torrigiani poses in her studio with her hand made tunics in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, on February 21 2013.<br />
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On 11 February 2013, Pope Benedict XVI informed the cardinals gathered in Consistory that he had decided to resign the papacy, effective 28 February 2013. When he leaves the papacy at the end of the month, Benedict will retire to his summer home in Castel Gandolfo, in the hills outside Rome, before moving to the Mater Ecclesiae convent, a plain, four-story structure built 21 years ago to serve as an international place “for contemplative life within the walls of Vatican City,” as it is described on a Vatican Web site.<br />
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Gianni Cipriano for The New York TimesCastel Gandolfo, Italy - 21 February 2013: in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, on February 21 2013.<br />
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On 11 February 2013, Pope Benedict XVI informed the cardinals gathered in Consistory that he had decided to resign the papacy, effective 28 February 2013. When he leaves the papacy at the end of the month, Benedict will retire to his summer home in Castel Gandolfo, in the hills outside Rome, before moving to the Mater Ecclesiae convent, a plain, four-story structure built 21 years ago to serve as an international place “for contemplative life within the walls of Vatican City,” as it is described on a Vatican Web site.<br />
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Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times
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  • Castel Gandolfo, Italy - 21 February 2013: Hand made paintings and other objects are shown in the shop window of Anna Maria Vici Torrigiani's shop in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, on February 21 2013.<br />
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On 11 February 2013, Pope Benedict XVI informed the cardinals gathered in Consistory that he had decided to resign the papacy, effective 28 February 2013. When he leaves the papacy at the end of the month, Benedict will retire to his summer home in Castel Gandolfo, in the hills outside Rome, before moving to the Mater Ecclesiae convent, a plain, four-story structure built 21 years ago to serve as an international place “for contemplative life within the walls of Vatican City,” as it is described on a Vatican Web site.<br />
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Gianni Cipriano for The New York TimesCastel Gandolfo, Italy - 21 February 2013: in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, on February 21 2013.<br />
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On 11 February 2013, Pope Benedict XVI informed the cardinals gathered in Consistory that he had decided to resign the papacy, effective 28 February 2013. When he leaves the papacy at the end of the month, Benedict will retire to his summer home in Castel Gandolfo, in the hills outside Rome, before moving to the Mater Ecclesiae convent, a plain, four-story structure built 21 years ago to serve as an international place “for contemplative life within the walls of Vatican City,” as it is described on a Vatican Web site.<br />
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Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times
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  • Castel Gandolfo, Italy - 21 February 2013: Hand made tunics made by artisan Anna Maria Vici Torrigiani, are here in her studio in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, on February 21 2013.<br />
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On 11 February 2013, Pope Benedict XVI informed the cardinals gathered in Consistory that he had decided to resign the papacy, effective 28 February 2013. When he leaves the papacy at the end of the month, Benedict will retire to his summer home in Castel Gandolfo, in the hills outside Rome, before moving to the Mater Ecclesiae convent, a plain, four-story structure built 21 years ago to serve as an international place “for contemplative life within the walls of Vatican City,” as it is described on a Vatican Web site.<br />
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Gianni Cipriano for The New York TimesCastel Gandolfo, Italy - 21 February 2013: in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, on February 21 2013.<br />
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On 11 February 2013, Pope Benedict XVI informed the cardinals gathered in Consistory that he had decided to resign the papacy, effective 28 February 2013. When he leaves the papacy at the end of the month, Benedict will retire to his summer home in Castel Gandolfo, in the hills outside Rome, before moving to the Mater Ecclesiae convent, a plain, four-story structure built 21 years ago to serve as an international place “for contemplative life within the walls of Vatican City,” as it is described on a Vatican Web site.<br />
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Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times
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  • Castel Gandolfo, Italy - 21 February 2013: Stefano Carosi, owner of the Bar Carosi founded by his family in 1870, at work in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, on February 21 2013. The Bar Carosi is in Freedom Square (Piazza della Libertà), in front of the Papal Palace.<br />
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On 11 February 2013, Pope Benedict XVI informed the cardinals gathered in Consistory that he had decided to resign the papacy, effective 28 February 2013. When he leaves the papacy at the end of the month, Benedict will retire to his summer home in Castel Gandolfo, in the hills outside Rome, before moving to the Mater Ecclesiae convent, a plain, four-story structure built 21 years ago to serve as an international place “for contemplative life within the walls of Vatican City,” as it is described on a Vatican Web site.<br />
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Gianni Cipriano for The New York TimesCastel Gandolfo, Italy - 21 February 2013: in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, on February 21 2013.<br />
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On 11 February 2013, Pope Benedict XVI informed the cardinals gathered in Consistory that he had decided to resign the papacy, effective 28 February 2013. When he leaves the papacy at the end of the month, Benedict will retire to his summer home in Castel Gandolfo, in the hills outside Rome, before moving to the Mater Ecclesiae convent, a plain, four-story structure built 21 years ago to serve as an international place “for contemplative life within the walls of Vatican City,” as it is described on a Vatican Web site.<br />
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Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times
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  • Castel Gandolfo, Italy - 21 February 2013: The entrance of the Papal Palace from Freedom Square (Piazza della Libertà) in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, on February 21 2013.<br />
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On 11 February 2013, Pope Benedict XVI informed the cardinals gathered in Consistory that he had decided to resign the papacy, effective 28 February 2013. When he leaves the papacy at the end of the month, Benedict will retire to his summer home in Castel Gandolfo, in the hills outside Rome, before moving to the Mater Ecclesiae convent, a plain, four-story structure built 21 years ago to serve as an international place “for contemplative life within the walls of Vatican City,” as it is described on a Vatican Web site.<br />
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Gianni Cipriano for The New York TimesCastel Gandolfo, Italy - 21 February 2013: in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, on February 21 2013.<br />
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On 11 February 2013, Pope Benedict XVI informed the cardinals gathered in Consistory that he had decided to resign the papacy, effective 28 February 2013. When he leaves the papacy at the end of the month, Benedict will retire to his summer home in Castel Gandolfo, in the hills outside Rome, before moving to the Mater Ecclesiae convent, a plain, four-story structure built 21 years ago to serve as an international place “for contemplative life within the walls of Vatican City,” as it is described on a Vatican Web site.<br />
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Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times
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  • Castel Gandolfo, Italy - 21 February 2013: Mayor of Castel Gandolfo Milvia Monachesi, 55, is interviewed in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, on February 21 2013.<br />
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On 11 February 2013, Pope Benedict XVI informed the cardinals gathered in Consistory that he had decided to resign the papacy, effective 28 February 2013. When he leaves the papacy at the end of the month, Benedict will retire to his summer home in Castel Gandolfo, in the hills outside Rome, before moving to the Mater Ecclesiae convent, a plain, four-story structure built 21 years ago to serve as an international place “for contemplative life within the walls of Vatican City,” as it is described on a Vatican Web site.<br />
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Gianni Cipriano for The New York TimesCastel Gandolfo, Italy - 21 February 2013: in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, on February 21 2013.<br />
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On 11 February 2013, Pope Benedict XVI informed the cardinals gathered in Consistory that he had decided to resign the papacy, effective 28 February 2013. When he leaves the papacy at the end of the month, Benedict will retire to his summer home in Castel Gandolfo, in the hills outside Rome, before moving to the Mater Ecclesiae convent, a plain, four-story structure built 21 years ago to serve as an international place “for contemplative life within the walls of Vatican City,” as it is described on a Vatican Web site.<br />
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Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times
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  • Castel Gandolfo, Italy - 21 February 2013: Two elderly women chat in a street of Castel Gandolfo, Italy, on February 21 2013.<br />
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On 11 February 2013, Pope Benedict XVI informed the cardinals gathered in Consistory that he had decided to resign the papacy, effective 28 February 2013. When he leaves the papacy at the end of the month, Benedict will retire to his summer home in Castel Gandolfo, in the hills outside Rome, before moving to the Mater Ecclesiae convent, a plain, four-story structure built 21 years ago to serve as an international place “for contemplative life within the walls of Vatican City,” as it is described on a Vatican Web site.<br />
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Gianni Cipriano for The New York TimesCastel Gandolfo, Italy - 21 February 2013: in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, on February 21 2013.<br />
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On 11 February 2013, Pope Benedict XVI informed the cardinals gathered in Consistory that he had decided to resign the papacy, effective 28 February 2013. When he leaves the papacy at the end of the month, Benedict will retire to his summer home in Castel Gandolfo, in the hills outside Rome, before moving to the Mater Ecclesiae convent, a plain, four-story structure built 21 years ago to serve as an international place “for contemplative life within the walls of Vatican City,” as it is described on a Vatican Web site.<br />
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Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times
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  • Castel Gandolfo, Italy - 21 February 2013: A fountain in the garden of the Pontifical Villas in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, on February 21 2013. The Pontifical Villas of Castel Gandolfo comprise about 55 hectares (11 more than Vatican City) of which 30 make up a garden while 25 are used for farming.<br />
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On 11 February 2013, Pope Benedict XVI informed the cardinals gathered in Consistory that he had decided to resign the papacy, effective 28 February 2013. When he leaves the papacy at the end of the month, Benedict will retire to his summer home in Castel Gandolfo, in the hills outside Rome, before moving to the Mater Ecclesiae convent, a plain, four-story structure built 21 years ago to serve as an international place “for contemplative life within the walls of Vatican City,” as it is described on a Vatican Web site.<br />
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Gianni Cipriano for The New York TimesCastel Gandolfo, Italy - 21 February 2013: in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, on February 21 2013.<br />
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On 11 February 2013, Pope Benedict XVI informed the cardinals gathered in Consistory that he had decided to resign the papacy, effective 28 February 2013. When he leaves the papacy at the end of the month, Benedict will retire to his summer home in Castel Gandolfo, in the hills outside Rome, before moving to the Mater Ecclesiae convent, a plain, four-story structure built 21 years ago to serve as an international place “for contemplative life within the walls of Vatican City,” as it is described on a Vatican Web site.<br />
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Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times
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  • Castel Gandolfo, Italy - 21 February 2013: A statue of the Holy Mary is here at the exit of the elevator, used by the Pope, which connects the Papal Palace to the Pontifical Villas and its gardens, in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, on February 21 2013.<br />
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On 11 February 2013, Pope Benedict XVI informed the cardinals gathered in Consistory that he had decided to resign the papacy, effective 28 February 2013. When he leaves the papacy at the end of the month, Benedict will retire to his summer home in Castel Gandolfo, in the hills outside Rome, before moving to the Mater Ecclesiae convent, a plain, four-story structure built 21 years ago to serve as an international place “for contemplative life within the walls of Vatican City,” as it is described on a Vatican Web site.<br />
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Gianni Cipriano for The New York TimesCastel Gandolfo, Italy - 21 February 2013: in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, on February 21 2013.<br />
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On 11 February 2013, Pope Benedict XVI informed the cardinals gathered in Consistory that he had decided to resign the papacy, effective 28 February 2013. When he leaves the papacy at the end of the month, Benedict will retire to his summer home in Castel Gandolfo, in the hills outside Rome, before moving to the Mater Ecclesiae convent, a plain, four-story structure built 21 years ago to serve as an international place “for contemplative life within the walls of Vatican City,” as it is described on a Vatican Web site.<br />
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Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times
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  • Castel Gandolfo, Italy - 21 February 2013: A statue of St-Peter is here at the entrance of the Papal Palace in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, on February 21 2013.<br />
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On 11 February 2013, Pope Benedict XVI informed the cardinals gathered in Consistory that he had decided to resign the papacy, effective 28 February 2013. When he leaves the papacy at the end of the month, Benedict will retire to his summer home in Castel Gandolfo, in the hills outside Rome, before moving to the Mater Ecclesiae convent, a plain, four-story structure built 21 years ago to serve as an international place “for contemplative life within the walls of Vatican City,” as it is described on a Vatican Web site.<br />
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Gianni Cipriano for The New York TimesCastel Gandolfo, Italy - 21 February 2013: in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, on February 21 2013.<br />
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On 11 February 2013, Pope Benedict XVI informed the cardinals gathered in Consistory that he had decided to resign the papacy, effective 28 February 2013. When he leaves the papacy at the end of the month, Benedict will retire to his summer home in Castel Gandolfo, in the hills outside Rome, before moving to the Mater Ecclesiae convent, a plain, four-story structure built 21 years ago to serve as an international place “for contemplative life within the walls of Vatican City,” as it is described on a Vatican Web site.<br />
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Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times
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  • Castel Gandolfo, Italy - 21 February 2013: The doorman of the Papal Palace open the door on Freedom Square (Piazza della Libertà) in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, on February 21 2013.<br />
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On 11 February 2013, Pope Benedict XVI informed the cardinals gathered in Consistory that he had decided to resign the papacy, effective 28 February 2013. When he leaves the papacy at the end of the month, Benedict will retire to his summer home in Castel Gandolfo, in the hills outside Rome, before moving to the Mater Ecclesiae convent, a plain, four-story structure built 21 years ago to serve as an international place “for contemplative life within the walls of Vatican City,” as it is described on a Vatican Web site.<br />
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Gianni Cipriano for The New York TimesCastel Gandolfo, Italy - 21 February 2013: in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, on February 21 2013.<br />
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On 11 February 2013, Pope Benedict XVI informed the cardinals gathered in Consistory that he had decided to resign the papacy, effective 28 February 2013. When he leaves the papacy at the end of the month, Benedict will retire to his summer home in Castel Gandolfo, in the hills outside Rome, before moving to the Mater Ecclesiae convent, a plain, four-story structure built 21 years ago to serve as an international place “for contemplative life within the walls of Vatican City,” as it is described on a Vatican Web site.<br />
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Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times
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  • Castel Gandolfo, Italy - 21 February 2013: The view of a tree above Lake Albano is seen from the Papal Palace in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, on February 21 2013.<br />
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On 11 February 2013, Pope Benedict XVI informed the cardinals gathered in Consistory that he had decided to resign the papacy, effective 28 February 2013. When he leaves the papacy at the end of the month, Benedict will retire to his summer home in Castel Gandolfo, in the hills outside Rome, before moving to the Mater Ecclesiae convent, a plain, four-story structure built 21 years ago to serve as an international place “for contemplative life within the walls of Vatican City,” as it is described on a Vatican Web site.<br />
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Gianni Cipriano for The New York TimesCastel Gandolfo, Italy - 21 February 2013: in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, on February 21 2013.<br />
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On 11 February 2013, Pope Benedict XVI informed the cardinals gathered in Consistory that he had decided to resign the papacy, effective 28 February 2013. When he leaves the papacy at the end of the month, Benedict will retire to his summer home in Castel Gandolfo, in the hills outside Rome, before moving to the Mater Ecclesiae convent, a plain, four-story structure built 21 years ago to serve as an international place “for contemplative life within the walls of Vatican City,” as it is described on a Vatican Web site.<br />
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Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times
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  • Castel Gandolfo, Italy - 21 February 2013: The "Benedict XVI" room of the Papal Palace in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, on February 21 2013.<br />
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On 11 February 2013, Pope Benedict XVI informed the cardinals gathered in Consistory that he had decided to resign the papacy, effective 28 February 2013. When he leaves the papacy at the end of the month, Benedict will retire to his summer home in Castel Gandolfo, in the hills outside Rome, before moving to the Mater Ecclesiae convent, a plain, four-story structure built 21 years ago to serve as an international place “for contemplative life within the walls of Vatican City,” as it is described on a Vatican Web site.<br />
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Gianni Cipriano for The New York TimesCastel Gandolfo, Italy - 21 February 2013: in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, on February 21 2013.<br />
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On 11 February 2013, Pope Benedict XVI informed the cardinals gathered in Consistory that he had decided to resign the papacy, effective 28 February 2013. When he leaves the papacy at the end of the month, Benedict will retire to his summer home in Castel Gandolfo, in the hills outside Rome, before moving to the Mater Ecclesiae convent, a plain, four-story structure built 21 years ago to serve as an international place “for contemplative life within the walls of Vatican City,” as it is described on a Vatican Web site.<br />
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  • Castel Gandolfo, Italy - 21 February 2013: A portrait of Pope Benedict XVI hangs on the wall (on the right) of the sacristy of the Pontifical Church "Saint Thomas of Villanuova" in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, on February 21 2013.<br />
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On 11 February 2013, Pope Benedict XVI informed the cardinals gathered in Consistory that he had decided to resign the papacy, effective 28 February 2013. When he leaves the papacy at the end of the month, Benedict will retire to his summer home in Castel Gandolfo, in the hills outside Rome, before moving to the Mater Ecclesiae convent, a plain, four-story structure built 21 years ago to serve as an international place “for contemplative life within the walls of Vatican City,” as it is described on a Vatican Web site.<br />
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Gianni Cipriano for The New York TimesCastel Gandolfo, Italy - 21 February 2013: in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, on February 21 2013.<br />
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On 11 February 2013, Pope Benedict XVI informed the cardinals gathered in Consistory that he had decided to resign the papacy, effective 28 February 2013. When he leaves the papacy at the end of the month, Benedict will retire to his summer home in Castel Gandolfo, in the hills outside Rome, before moving to the Mater Ecclesiae convent, a plain, four-story structure built 21 years ago to serve as an international place “for contemplative life within the walls of Vatican City,” as it is described on a Vatican Web site.<br />
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  • Castel Gandolfo, Italy - 21 February 2013: Father Don Pietro Diletti, priest of the Pontifical Church "San Thomas of Villanuova", is inerviewed in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, on February 21 2013.<br />
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On 11 February 2013, Pope Benedict XVI informed the cardinals gathered in Consistory that he had decided to resign the papacy, effective 28 February 2013. When he leaves the papacy at the end of the month, Benedict will retire to his summer home in Castel Gandolfo, in the hills outside Rome, before moving to the Mater Ecclesiae convent, a plain, four-story structure built 21 years ago to serve as an international place “for contemplative life within the walls of Vatican City,” as it is described on a Vatican Web site.<br />
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Gianni Cipriano for The New York TimesCastel Gandolfo, Italy - 21 February 2013: in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, on February 21 2013.<br />
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On 11 February 2013, Pope Benedict XVI informed the cardinals gathered in Consistory that he had decided to resign the papacy, effective 28 February 2013. When he leaves the papacy at the end of the month, Benedict will retire to his summer home in Castel Gandolfo, in the hills outside Rome, before moving to the Mater Ecclesiae convent, a plain, four-story structure built 21 years ago to serve as an international place “for contemplative life within the walls of Vatican City,” as it is described on a Vatican Web site.<br />
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  • Castel Gandolfo, Italy - 21 February 2013: Lake Albano, about 15 kilometers south east of Rome, as seen from the Papal Palace in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, on February 21 2013.<br />
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On 11 February 2013, Pope Benedict XVI informed the cardinals gathered in Consistory that he had decided to resign the papacy, effective 28 February 2013. When he leaves the papacy at the end of the month, Benedict will retire to his summer home in Castel Gandolfo, in the hills outside Rome, before moving to the Mater Ecclesiae convent, a plain, four-story structure built 21 years ago to serve as an international place “for contemplative life within the walls of Vatican City,” as it is described on a Vatican Web site.<br />
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Gianni Cipriano for The New York TimesCastel Gandolfo, Italy - 21 February 2013: in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, on February 21 2013.<br />
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On 11 February 2013, Pope Benedict XVI informed the cardinals gathered in Consistory that he had decided to resign the papacy, effective 28 February 2013. When he leaves the papacy at the end of the month, Benedict will retire to his summer home in Castel Gandolfo, in the hills outside Rome, before moving to the Mater Ecclesiae convent, a plain, four-story structure built 21 years ago to serve as an international place “for contemplative life within the walls of Vatican City,” as it is described on a Vatican Web site.<br />
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Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times
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  • Castel Gandolfo, Italy - 21 February 2013: Lake Albano, about 15 kilometers south east of Rome, as seen from the Papal Palace in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, on February 21 2013.<br />
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On 11 February 2013, Pope Benedict XVI informed the cardinals gathered in Consistory that he had decided to resign the papacy, effective 28 February 2013. When he leaves the papacy at the end of the month, Benedict will retire to his summer home in Castel Gandolfo, in the hills outside Rome, before moving to the Mater Ecclesiae convent, a plain, four-story structure built 21 years ago to serve as an international place “for contemplative life within the walls of Vatican City,” as it is described on a Vatican Web site.<br />
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Gianni Cipriano for The New York TimesCastel Gandolfo, Italy - 21 February 2013: in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, on February 21 2013.<br />
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On 11 February 2013, Pope Benedict XVI informed the cardinals gathered in Consistory that he had decided to resign the papacy, effective 28 February 2013. When he leaves the papacy at the end of the month, Benedict will retire to his summer home in Castel Gandolfo, in the hills outside Rome, before moving to the Mater Ecclesiae convent, a plain, four-story structure built 21 years ago to serve as an international place “for contemplative life within the walls of Vatican City,” as it is described on a Vatican Web site.<br />
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Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times
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  • Harlem, New York, USA - March 29.  A corpse is taken out of the morgue drawer of the Mount Sinai Hospital and is ready to being brought to the funeral home on March 29, 2008 in Harlem, New York, USA. This kind of procedure is called "removal". A removal consists in picking up a body at the morgue and bring it to the funeral home.
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  • Harlem, New York, USA - March 29. Funeral home director closes the door of the morgue drawer after he took out the corpse at the Mount Sinai Hospital on March 29, 2008 in Harlem, New York, USA. This kind of procedure is called "removal". A removal consists in picking up a body at the morgue and bring it to the funeral home.
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  • Harlem, New York, USA - March 29.  A corpse is taken out of the morgue drawer of the Mount Sinai Hospital and is ready to being brought to the funeral home on March 29, 2008 in Harlem, New York, USA. This kind of procedure is called "removal". A removal consists in picking up a body at the morgue and bring it to the funeral home.
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  • Harlem, New York, USA - March 20. A detail of the hand and dress of Bernice McCants, 72 years old, who died on March 15th 2008 and ays down here in her casket in the chapel of the Isaiah Owens Funeral Home before the viewing on March 20, 2008 in Harlem, New York, USA.
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  • Harlem, New York, USA - May 2. A detail of the hands of the deceased Bernice Moore as she lays down in her casket at the Isaiah Owens Funeral Home on May 2, 2008 in Harlem, New York, USA.
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  • Harlem, New York, USA - May 2. A detail of the dress of the deceased woman Bernice Moore as she lays down in her casket at the Isaiah Owens Funeral Home on May 2, 2008 in Harlem, New York, USA.
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  • Harlem, New York, USA - November 1. Funeral home director Isaiah Owens gives a last touch to the hair of a deceased woman on November 1, 2007 in Harlem, New York, USA. The hairdressing and make-up process takes place just before the viewing in the chapel.
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  • Harlem, New York, USA - November 7. Funeral home director Isaiah Owens pulls with one hand a strand of hair of the deceased woman while grabbing for a hot curler with the other on November 7, 2007 in Harlem, New York, USA. The hairdressing and make-up process takes place just before the viewing in the chapel.
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  • Harlem, New York, USA - March 20. A detail of the coiffure and make-up of Bernice McCants, 72 years old, who died on March 15th 2008 and lays down here in her casket in the chapel of the Isaiah Owens Funeral Home before the viewing on March 20, 2008 in Harlem, New York, USA.
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  • Harlem, New York, USA - November 1. Funeral home director Isaiah Owens fills up a needle of liquid tissue (botox) to inject into the face of the deceased, who is laying in the casket behind him on November 1, 2007 in Harlem, New York, USA. This procedure allows Isaiah Owens to model the face and bring it back to the shape it had when the person was alive.
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  • Harlem, New York, USA - March 29. Two bodies are here in the basement of the Isaiah Owens funeral home, where the embalming takes place, on March 29, 2008 in Harlem, New York, USA. One of the bodies, on the left, is still in the box in which it was shipped. Corpses are often shipped in order to have the funeral take place in the place the deceased wanted to.
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  • Harlem, New York, USA - April 14. Funeral home director Isaiah Owens grabs a rose that is passed to him by his assistant and that he will place on the casket before the burial on April 14, 2008 in Harlem, New York, USA.
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  • Harlem, New York, USA - April 2. Funeral home director Isaiah Owens and his limousine driver bring the casket of Jacqueline Gould, 45, outside the Healing From Heaven Temple Church, where the funeral service took place on April 2, 2008 in Harlem, New York, USA. Jacqueline Gould was an administrator at the Harlem Hospital.
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  • Harlem, New York, USA - April 21. Eleanor Kennedy, a staff member of the Isaiah Owens Funeral Home, watches the corpse of Isaiah Owens' cousin, Mr Parks, as she steps out of the office on April 21, 2008 in Harlem, New York, USA.
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  • Harlem, New York, USA - April 21. A detail of the jewelry of the deceased Mary Alice Parks, 79, as she lays down in her casket in the chapel of the Isaiah Owens Funeral Home on April 21, 2008 in Harlem, New York, USA.
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  • Harlem, New York, USA - March 20. A picture of the deceased Bernice McCants, 72 years old, is here in her casket on March 20, 2008 in Harlem, New York, USA. Funeral home director Isaiah Owens always uses a picture of the deceased in order to fully respect the appearance they had while still alive.
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  • Harlem, New York, USA - November 1.  Funeral home director Isaiah Owens bruses the hair of a deceased young woman in her casket on November 1, 2007 in Harlem, New York, USA. He always uses a picture of the deceased in order to fully respect the appearance they had while still alive.
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  • Harlem, New York, USA - March 20. The feet of Bernice McCants, 72, as she lays down in her casket before the viewing in the chapel of the Isaiah Owens Funeral Home on March 20, 2008 in Harlem, New York, USA.
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  • Harlem, New York, USA - February 29. Staff worker and Isaiah Owens (left) give the corpse of Andree Monique Taylor Orridge a final touch before the viewing that will take place in the chapel of the funeral home on February 29, 2008 in Harlem, New York, USA.
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  • Harlem, New York, USA - November 1. The body of African-American man lays down on a morgue table in the basement of the Isaiah Owens Funeral Home after its embalmment on November 1, 2007 in Harlem, New York, USA. The next step of the process is the dressing and the make-up of the body once it is placed in its casket.
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  • Harlem, New York, USA - March 24.  A board at the entrance of the Isaiah Owens Funeral Home shows the names of the deceased  that are ready for viewing and service, and those that are not on March 24, 2008 in Harlem, New York, USA.
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  • GRASSANO, ITALY - 24 JULY 2014: The marching band of Grassano plays at the end of the ceremony to celebrate the arrival of Mayor of New York Bill de Blasio in Grassano, his ancestral home town in Italy, on July 24th 2014.<br />
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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio arrived in Italy with his family Sunday morning for an 8-day summer vacation that includes meetings with government officials and sightseeing in his ancestral homeland.
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  • GRASSANO, ITALY - 24 JULY 2014:  A relative of Mayor of New York Bill de Blasio shows the de Blasio/Briganti  family tree in Grassano, Mr de Blasio's ancestral home town in Italy, on July 24th 2014.<br />
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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio arrived in Italy with his family Sunday morning for an 8-day summer vacation that includes meetings with government officials and sightseeing in his ancestral homeland.
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  • SANT'AGATA DE GOTI, ITALY - 23 JULY 2014: Mayor of New York Bill De Blasio gives a speech after receiving a honorary citizenship from the mayor of Sant'Agata de Goti, his ancestra home town in Italy, on July 23rd 2014.<br />
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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio arrived in Italy with his family Sunday morning for an 8-day summer vacation that includes meetings with government officials and sightseeing in his ancestral homeland.
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  • SANT'AGATA DE GOTI, ITALY - 23 JULY 2014:  Residents of Sant'Agata de Goti listen to the speeches of local government officials introdUcing Mayor of New York Bill De Blasio who will receive a honorary citizenship in Sant'Agata de Goti, his ancestral home town in Italy, on July 23rd 2014.<br />
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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio arrived in Italy with his family Sunday morning for an 8-day summer vacation that includes meetings with government officials and sightseeing in his ancestral homeland.
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  • SANT'AGATA DE GOTI, ITALY - 23 JULY 2014: Mayor of New York Bill De Blasio (center) discusses with relatives about the family tree parchment he has just received from Carmine Valentino, the mayor of Sant'Agata de Goti, the ancestral home town of Mr De Blasio in Italy on July 23rd 2014.<br />
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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio arrived in Italy with his family Sunday morning for an 8-day summer vacation that includes meetings with government officials and sightseeing in his ancestral homeland.
    CIPG_20140723_NYT_DeBlasio__M3_0927.jpg
  • GRASSANO, ITALY - 24 JULY 2014: At the end of the day, a wet backdrop prepared for Mayor of New York Bill de Blasio's arrival waits to be disassembled  in Grassano, his ancestral home town in Italy, on July 24th 2014.<br />
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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio arrived in Italy with his family Sunday morning for an 8-day summer vacation that includes meetings with government officials and sightseeing in his ancestral homeland.
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  • GRASSANO, ITALY - 24 JULY 2014:  Mayor of New York Bill de Blasio waves to the crowd as he leaves Grassano, his ancestral home town in Italy, on July 24th 2014.<br />
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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio arrived in Italy with his family Sunday morning for an 8-day summer vacation that includes meetings with government officials and sightseeing in his ancestral homeland.
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  • GRASSANO, ITALY - 24 JULY 2014: Local residents wait for Mr de Blasio to come out of the city council after receiving a honorary citizenship in Grassano, his ancestral home town in Italy, on July 24th 2014.<br />
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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio arrived in Italy with his family Sunday morning for an 8-day summer vacation that includes meetings with government officials and sightseeing in his ancestral homeland.
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  • GRASSANO, ITALY - 24 JULY 2014: Mayor of New York Bill de Blasio and Mayor of Grassano Francesco Sanseverino (on the left of de Blasio) pose for a picture during the ceremony of  conferment of the   honorary citizenship to Mr de Blasio at the city council room in Grassano, his ancestral home town in Italy, on July 24th 2014.<br />
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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio arrived in Italy with his family Sunday morning for an 8-day summer vacation that includes meetings with government officials and sightseeing in his ancestral homeland.
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  • GRASSANO, ITALY - 24 JULY 2014: Journalists film and photograph Chiara and Dante de Blasio during a ceremony of conferment of the   honorary citizenship to their father and Mayor of New York Bill de Blasio in Grassano, his ancestral home town in Italy, on July 24th 2014.<br />
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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio arrived in Italy with his family Sunday morning for an 8-day summer vacation that includes meetings with government officials and sightseeing in his ancestral homeland.
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  • GRASSANO, ITALY - 24 JULY 2014: Mayor of New York Bill de Blasio and his son Dante pose for a picture holding two knights shields that represent a local cultural association in Grassano, his ancestral home town in Italy, on July 24th 2014.<br />
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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio arrived in Italy with his family Sunday morning for an 8-day summer vacation that includes meetings with government officials and sightseeing in his ancestral homeland.
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  • GRASSANO, ITALY - 24 JULY 2014: Local residents watch Mayor of New York Bill de Blasio visiting his grandmother's house in Grassano, his ancestral home town in Italy, on July 24th 2014.<br />
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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio arrived in Italy with his family Sunday morning for an 8-day summer vacation that includes meetings with government officials and sightseeing in his ancestral homeland.
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  • GRASSANO, ITALY - 24 JULY 2014: Local residents held by an Italian financial guard watch Mayor of New York Bill de Blasio visiting his grandmother's house in Grassano, his ancestral home town in Italy, on July 24th 2014.<br />
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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio arrived in Italy with his family Sunday morning for an 8-day summer vacation that includes meetings with government officials and sightseeing in his ancestral homeland.
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  • GRASSANO, ITALY - 24 JULY 2014: Dante de Blasio photographs his sister Chiara under a commemorative for Gaetano Briganti for being a master of agriculture, here at the entrance of the house where Mr Briganti grew up with his sister Anna Briganti (Mayor of New York Bil de Blasio's grandmother)  in Grassano,<br />
Mr de Blasio's ancestral home town in Italy, on July 24th 2014.<br />
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A commemorative plaque for Gaetano Briganti for being a master of agriculture, is here at the entrance of the house where he grew up with his sister Anna Briganti (Mayor of New York Bil de Blasio's grandmother)  in Grassano,<br />
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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio arrived in Italy with his family Sunday morning for an 8-day summer vacation that includes meetings with government officials and sightseeing in his ancestral homeland.
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  • GRASSANO, ITALY - 24 JULY 2014: Mayor of New York Bill de Blasio shows his family a commemorative for Gaetano Briganti for being a master of agriculture, here at the entrance of the house where Mr Briganti grew up with his sister Anna Briganti (Mayor of New York Bil de Blasio's grandmother)  in Grassano,<br />
Mr de Blasio's ancestral home town in Italy, on July 24th 2014.<br />
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A commemorative plaque for Gaetano Briganti for being a master of agriculture, is here at the entrance of the house where he grew up with his sister Anna Briganti (Mayor of New York Bil de Blasio's grandmother)  in Grassano,<br />
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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio arrived in Italy with his family Sunday morning for an 8-day summer vacation that includes meetings with government officials and sightseeing in his ancestral homeland.
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  • GRASSANO, ITALY - 24 JULY 2014: Local residents wait for the arrival of Mayor of New York Bill de Blasio to his grandmother's house by looking down from the terrace of the mother-church in Grassano, his ancestral home town in Italy, on July 24th 2014.<br />
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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio arrived in Italy with his family Sunday morning for an 8-day summer vacation that includes meetings with government officials and sightseeing in his ancestral homeland.
    CIPG_20140724_NYT_DeBlasio__M3_3062.jpg
  • GRASSANO, ITALY - 24 JULY 2014: Local residents wait for Mayor of New York Bill de Blasio to pass by in his van with his family, at the end of a ceremony to celebrate his arrival in Grassano, his ancestral home town in Italy, on July 24th 2014.<br />
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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio arrived in Italy with his family Sunday morning for an 8-day summer vacation that includes meetings with government officials and sightseeing in his ancestral homeland.
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  • GRASSANO, ITALY - 24 JULY 2014: A sousaphone of a member of the Grassano marching band lays on the ground by the stage where the Mayor of New York Bill de Blasio is giving a speech in Grassano, his ancestral home town in Italy, on July 24th 2014.<br />
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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio arrived in Italy with his family Sunday morning for an 8-day summer vacation that includes meetings with government officials and sightseeing in his ancestral homeland.
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  • GRASSANO, ITALY - 24 JULY 2014: Children, who have prepared a drawing to donate to the Mayor of New York Bill de Blasio, attend a ceremony to celebrate his arrival  in Grassano, his ancestral home town in Italy, on July 24th 2014.<br />
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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio arrived in Italy with his family Sunday morning for an 8-day summer vacation that includes meetings with government officials and sightseeing in his ancestral homeland.
    CIPG_20140724_NYT_DeBlasio__M3_2870.jpg
  • GRASSANO, ITALY - 24 JULY 2014: Mayor of New York Bil de Blasio thanks the woman who sang the American national anthem during a ceremony to celebrate his arrival in Grassano, his ancestral home town in Italy, on July 24th 2014.<br />
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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio arrived in Italy with his family Sunday morning for an 8-day summer vacation that includes meetings with government officials and sightseeing in his ancestral homeland.
    CIPG_20140724_NYT_DeBlasio__M3_2821.jpg
  • GRASSANO, ITALY - 24 JULY 2014: Local residents attend a ceremony to celebrate the arrival of Mayor of New York Bill de Blasio in Grassano, his ancestral home town in Italy, on July 24th 2014.<br />
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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio arrived in Italy with his family Sunday morning for an 8-day summer vacation that includes meetings with government officials and sightseeing in his ancestral homeland.
    CIPG_20140724_NYT_DeBlasio__M3_2768.jpg
  • GRASSANO, ITALY - 24 JULY 2014: Local residents attend a ceremony to celebrate the arrival of Mayor of New York Bill de Blasio in Grassano, his ancestral home town in Italy, on July 24th 2014.<br />
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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio arrived in Italy with his family Sunday morning for an 8-day summer vacation that includes meetings with government officials and sightseeing in his ancestral homeland.
    CIPG_20140724_NYT_DeBlasio__M3_2717.jpg
  • GRASSANO, ITALY - 24 JULY 2014: Mayor of New York Bill de Blasio and his family (center-left), together with Mayor of Grassano Francesco Sanseverino and local government officials (center-right), listen to the American national anthem on stage in Grassano, Mr de Blasio's ancestral home town in Italy, on July 24th 2014.<br />
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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio arrived in Italy with his family Sunday morning for an 8-day summer vacation that includes meetings with government officials and sightseeing in his ancestral homeland.
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  • GRASSANO, ITALY - 24 JULY 2014: Mayor of New York Bill de Blasio and his family pose for a picture with Mayor of Grassano Francesco San Severino (left of de Blasio) in Grassano, his ancestral home town in Italy, on July 24th 2014.<br />
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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio arrived in Italy with his family Sunday morning for an 8-day summer vacation that includes meetings with government officials and sightseeing in his ancestral homeland.
    CIPG_20140724_NYT_DeBlasio__M3_2603.jpg
  • GRASSANO, ITALY - 24 JULY 2014: Local residents wait for Mayor of New York Bill de Blasio to come out of the city hall and come up on stage in Grassano, his ancestral home town in Italy, on July 24th 2014.<br />
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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio arrived in Italy with his family Sunday morning for an 8-day summer vacation that includes meetings with government officials and sightseeing in his ancestral homeland.
    CIPG_20140724_NYT_DeBlasio__M3_2525.jpg
  • GRASSANO, ITALY - 24 JULY 2014: Local residents wait for Mayor of New York Bill de Blasio to come out of the city hall and come up on stage in Grassano, his ancestral home town in Italy, on July 24th 2014.<br />
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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio arrived in Italy with his family Sunday morning for an 8-day summer vacation that includes meetings with government officials and sightseeing in his ancestral homeland.
    CIPG_20140724_NYT_DeBlasio__M3_2511.jpg
  • GRASSANO, ITALY - 24 JULY 2014: An American flag lays on one of the sound system tables used for the stage where Mayor of New York Bill de Blasio will speak in Grassano, his ancestral home town in Italy, on July 24th 2014.<br />
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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio arrived in Italy with his family Sunday morning for an 8-day summer vacation that includes meetings with government officials and sightseeing in his ancestral homeland.
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  • GRASSANO, ITALY - 24 JULY 2014: Mayor of New York Bill de Blasio waves to the crowd upon his arrival in Grassano, his ancestral home town in Italy, on July 24th 2014.<br />
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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio arrived in Italy with his family Sunday morning for an 8-day summer vacation that includes meetings with government officials and sightseeing in his ancestral homeland.
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  • GRASSANO, ITALY - 24 JULY 2014: Local residents greet Mayor of New York Bill de Blasio upon his arrival in Grassano, his ancestral home town in Italy, on July 24th 2014.<br />
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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio arrived in Italy with his family Sunday morning for an 8-day summer vacation that includes meetings with government officials and sightseeing in his ancestral homeland.
    CIPG_20140724_NYT_DeBlasio__M3_2451.jpg
  • GRASSANO, ITALY - 24 JULY 2014: Local residents wait for the arrival of Mayor of New York Bill de Blasio in Grassano, his ancestral home town in Italy, on July 24th 2014.<br />
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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio arrived in Italy with his family Sunday morning for an 8-day summer vacation that includes meetings with government officials and sightseeing in his ancestral homeland.
    CIPG_20140724_NYT_DeBlasio__M3_2420.jpg
  • GRASSANO, ITALY - 24 JULY 2014: Local residents wait for the arrival of Mayor of New York Bill de Blasio in Grassano, his ancestral home town in Italy, on July 24th 2014.<br />
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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio arrived in Italy with his family Sunday morning for an 8-day summer vacation that includes meetings with government officials and sightseeing in his ancestral homeland.
    CIPG_20140724_NYT_DeBlasio__M3_2374.jpg
  • GRASSANO, ITALY - 24 JULY 2014: Local residents wait for the arrival of Mayor of New York Bill de Blasio in Grassano, his ancestral home town in Italy, on July 24th 2014.<br />
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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio arrived in Italy with his family Sunday morning for an 8-day summer vacation that includes meetings with government officials and sightseeing in his ancestral homeland.
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  • GRASSANO, ITALY - 24 JULY 2014: Elderly men wait for the arrival of Mayor of New York Bill de Blasio in Grassano, his ancestral home town in Italy, on July 24th 2014.<br />
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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio arrived in Italy with his family Sunday morning for an 8-day summer vacation that includes meetings with government officials and sightseeing in his ancestral homeland.
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  • GRASSANO, ITALY - 24 JULY 2014: A welcome sign for Mayor of New York Bill de Blasio is placed in "a chiarazzodda", the oldest square of Grassano, the ancestral home town of Mayor of New York Bill de Blasio in Italy, on July 24th 2014.<br />
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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio arrived in Italy with his family Sunday morning for an 8-day summer vacation that includes meetings with government officials and sightseeing in his ancestral homeland.
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  • GRASSANO, ITALY - 24 JULY 2014: Women dressed in rural late 19th century dresses walk by the entrance of the mother-church of Grassano, ancestral home town of Mayor of New York Bill de Blasio, in Italy on July 24th 2014.<br />
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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio arrived in Italy with his family Sunday morning for an 8-day summer vacation that includes meetings with government officials and sightseeing in his ancestral homeland.
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  • GRASSANO, ITALY - 24 JULY 2014: A view of the countryside by Grassano, the ancestral home town of Mayor of New York Bill de Blasio, in Italy on July 24th 2014.<br />
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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio arrived in Italy with his family Sunday morning for an 8-day summer vacation that includes meetings with government officials and sightseeing in his ancestral homeland.
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  • GRASSANO, ITALY - 24 JULY 2014: The house of Anna Briganti (Mayor of New York Bill de Blasio's grandmother) is here in Grassano, Mr de Blasio's ancestral home town in Italy, on July 24th 2014.<br />
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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio arrived in Italy with his family Sunday morning for an 8-day summer vacation that includes meetings with government officials and sightseeing in his ancestral homeland.
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  • GRASSANO, ITALY - 24 JULY 2014: Carmine Donnola, a former alcoholic who has dedicated a poem to Mayor of New York Bill de Blasio, poses for a portrait in Grassano, Mr De Blasio's ancestral home town in Italy, on July 24th 2014. "I decided to dedicate a poem to de Blasio since I know his father was a alcoholic and I know what it means".<br />
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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio arrived in Italy with his family Sunday morning for an 8-day summer vacation that includes meetings with government officials and sightseeing in his ancestral homeland.
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  • SANT'AGATA DE GOTI, ITALY - 23 JULY 2014: Mayor of New York Bill De Blasio answers to questions by journalists after receiving a honorary citizenship by the mayor of Sant'Agata de Goti, his ancestral home town in Italy, on July 23rd 2014.<br />
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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio arrived in Italy with his family Sunday morning for an 8-day summer vacation that includes meetings with government officials and sightseeing in his ancestral homeland.
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  • SANT'AGATA DE GOTI, ITALY - 23 JULY 2014: Mayor of New York Bill De Blasio (center) and his family (right) listen to the American national anthem at the end of the ceremony for his honorary citizenship given to him by mayor of Sant'Agata de Goti Carmine Valentino (2nd from left), in Sant'Agata de Goti, his ancestral home town in Italy, on July 23rd 2014.<br />
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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio arrived in Italy with his family Sunday morning for an 8-day summer vacation that includes meetings with government officials and sightseeing in his ancestral homeland.
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  • SANT'AGATA DE GOTI, ITALY - 23 JULY 2014: Mayor of New York Bill De Blasio gives a speech after receiving a honorary citizenship from the mayor of Sant'Agata de Goti, his ancestra home town in Italy, on July 23rd 2014.<br />
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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio arrived in Italy with his family Sunday morning for an 8-day summer vacation that includes meetings with government officials and sightseeing in his ancestral homeland.
    CIPG_20140723_NYT_DeBlasio__M3_1867.jpg
  • SANT'AGATA DE GOTI, ITALY - 23 JULY 2014: Mayors of the province of Benevento (in the first three rows, wearing an Italian mayotal sashes) and local residents listen to the speeches of local officials introducing Mayor of New York Bill De Blasio before giving him a honorary citizenship of Sant'Agata de Goti, the ancestral home town where Mr De Blasio is originally from, in Italy on July 23rd 2014.<br />
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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio arrived in Italy with his family Sunday morning for an 8-day summer vacation that includes meetings with government officials and sightseeing in his ancestral homeland.
    CIPG_20140723_NYT_DeBlasio__M3_1722.jpg
  • SANT'AGATA DE GOTI, ITALY - 23 JULY 2014:  Residents of Sant'Agata de Goti listen to the speeches of local government officials introducing Mayor of New York Bill De Blasio who will receive a honorary citizenship in Sant'Agata de Goti, his ancestral home town in Italy, on July 23rd 2014.<br />
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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio arrived in Italy with his family Sunday morning for an 8-day summer vacation that includes meetings with government officials and sightseeing in his ancestral homeland.
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