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Pallbearers carry the casket of Troy Davis followed by family and supporters after his funeral in Savannah, Ga., on Oct. 1.

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Friends and supporters chant in the street and block traffic outside Jonesville Baptist Church following the funeral of Troy Davis on Oct. 1.

The AP reports from SAVANNAH, Ga.:

More than 1,000 family members and supporters gathered in Georgia on Saturday to say farewell to Troy Davis, who insisted even until his execution that he was innocent.

The funeral at Jonesville Baptist Church in Savannah opened with a slideshow of photos of Davis in his blue-trimmed prison uniform with his mother, sister and other family members.

The service, which lasted three and a half hours, took on a political tone with speakers calling for the death penalty to be abolished.

"Troy's last words that night were he told us to keep fighting until his name is cleared in Georgia," said Benjamin Jealous, head of the NAACP. "But most important, keep fighting until the death penalty is abolished and this can never be done to anyone else." Continue reading.

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A bridal couple and the witnesses to their marriage pose for a wedding picture in the park of Charlottenburg castle in Berlin, Germany, on October 1.

I spent an enjoyable hour last Saturday evening sitting outside a bar in the central square of the Sicilian city of Catania, captivated by a procession of newly-wed couples and their attendant photographers, videographers and stylists who seemed to be engaged in a contest to come up with the wackiest, tackiest wedding photo they could possibly imagine.

Seven days on, this picture reminds me that it's not an exclusively Italian phenomenon. Though, as Francesco Cito's photo feature on Neapolitan weddings proves, they do take some beating.

For more awkward wedding photos, check out this incredible slideshow.

The AP reports:

The U.K.'s national weather service the Met Office says Saturday's temperature reached 85.8 F (29.9 C) at Gravesend in southeast England.

That is the highest October temperature since records began a century ago, beating the previous high of 84.9 F (29.4 C) reached on Oct. 4, 1985.

The average maximum temperature for early October is about 59 F (15 C).

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Crowds of sun seekers fill the beach on October 1 in Brighton, England.

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Elderly women enjoy a peaceful read on deck-chairs in Hyde Park in London on October 1.

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People boat on the Serpentine lake in Hyde Park, central London, on October 1.

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A woman eats fish and chips on the beach on October 1 in Brighton, England.

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People relax at dusk on Parliament Hill, Hampstead Heath in London, October 1.

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Bags of rubbish are piled high at dusk after an unseasonably hot day on Parliament Hill, Hampstead Heath in London, October 1.

Previous posts on PhotoBlog:

• Friday - UK enjoys spell of hot weather
• Thursday - Enjoying the summer-like weather in Brighton, England

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The daughter-in-law of Haji Syed Mohammad Yousuf, a 61-year-old retired teacher and worker of the governing National Conference party in Indian-controlled Kashmir, wails during his funeral procession in Locktipora, some 34 miles south of Srinagar, India, on Oct. 1.

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A Kashmiri Muslim woman carries her daughter as she along with others watch the funeral procession of Haji Syed Mohammad Yousuf in Locktipora on Oct. 1.

The AP reports:

Haji Syed Mohammad Yousuf, a 61-year-old retired teacher, died in police custody Friday after Kashmir's top elected official handed him over to investigators probing charges that he took money from people promising to get them nominated as lawmakers, according to news reports.

The Himalayan region of Kashmir is divided between India and Pakistan but is claimed by both.

Since 1989, an armed uprising in Indian Kashmir and subsequent crackdown by Indian forces have killed an estimated 68,000 people, mostly civilians.

See more images from Kashmir on PhotoBlog.

Libyan Jewish exile David Gerbi visited the abandoned Dar Bishi synagogue in Tripoli Saturday, and said that he is the first Jew to return to Libya since the revolt that ousted Moammar Gadhafi.

The 12-year-old Gerbi and his family fled Tripoli in 1967 when an Arab-Israeli war stoked anger against the Jewish state and led to attacks on Jews in his neighborhood.

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Libyan Jewish exile David Gerbi prays inside Dar Bishi synagogue in Tripoli on October 1. Gerbi and his family fled Tripoli in 1967 when an Arab-Israeli war stoked anger against the Jewish state and led to attacks on Jews in his neighborhood.

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A picture shows the Ten Commandments written in Hebrew on stone tablets on top of an abandoned synagogue in the Libyan capital Tripoli on September 28. The Jewish community in Libya dates back to the third century BC and at its peak numbered around 38,000 people.

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Libyan Jewish exile David Gerbi is helped by an anti-Gadhafi fighter upon exit from the Dar Bishi synagogue in Tripoli on October 1.

Reuters reports:

In the walled old city of Tripoli, Libya's independence flag pokes through crumbling buildings and a gang of children wielding toy pistols tear through dusty alleyways.

In these run-down streets stands the empty, faded peach-colored Dar Bishi synagogue.

The interior can only be seen by climbing up the rubble of a collapsed house and the ark, which would normally shelter the sacred Torah scroll, is instead stuffed with a mattress.

The Hebrew inscription above it "Hear, O Israel" is barely perceptible from wear, and empty paint cans are strewn across the floor. The site of the Mikve baths, used once for ritual cleansing, is now a trash dump where stray cats scour for food next to a discarded washing machine as veiled women look on. Continue reading.

Read the latest from Libya in our story, Red Cross gets medicine into besieged Sirte, and see more images from the conflict in our slideshow.