Former president Hosni Mubarak was laid to rest yesterday after a military funeral with full honors attended by President Abdel Fattah El Sisi, former president Adly Mansour, Al Azhar’s Grand Sheikh Ahmed Al Tayeb, Pope Tawadros II, former prime ministers Ahmed Nazif and Ahmed Shafik and former House Speaker Fathy Sorour. Mubarak passed away on Tuesday at the age of 91.

The funeral and Mubarak’s death continue to be the top story on Egypt in the foreign press: Reuters | AP | NYT | BBC | The Guardian | The Daily Mail | Gulf News.

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