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A portrait of Gorbachev on the wall during his memorial service in Moscow. Reuters

Mourners attend a memorial service for Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union, at the Hall of Columns in Moscow on Saturday. AFP

A mourner holds a copy of 'Gorbachev: His Life and Times' outside the hall in the Russian capital. Reuters

A woman holds flowers as she stands in line to file past the Nobel Peace Prize winner's coffin. AFP

Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban was the European leader at the service, with most staying away because of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. EPA

People queue to say farewell to the former leader, who died at the age of 91. AFP

Gorbachev's daughter Irina hugs politician Grigory Yavlinsky in front of her father's casket. AP

People queue at the memorial service, after which Gorbachev was buried at the Novodevichy Cemetery in Moscow next to the grave of his wife Raisa. EPA

Muscovites queue to enter the hall. AFP

Although Gorbachev was not granted a state funeral, the hall in which his body lay has been used as a venue for them since Soviet times. AP

President Vladimir Putin was not among the mourners. Earlier, he laid flowers at the hospital where Gorbachev died. AP

People queue outside the hall near the Kremlin. AP

Dmitry Medvedev, deputy chairman of Russia's Security Council, pays his respects. Reuters

Russians queue to attend the ceremony. AFP

A portrait of Gorbachev on the wall during his memorial service in Moscow. Reuters

Mourners attend a memorial service for Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union, at the Hall of Columns in Moscow on Saturday. AFP

A mourner holds a copy of 'Gorbachev: His Life and Times' outside the hall in the Russian capital. Reuters

A woman holds flowers as she stands in line to file past the Nobel Peace Prize winner's coffin. AFP

Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban was the European leader at the service, with most staying away because of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. EPA

People queue to say farewell to the former leader, who died at the age of 91. AFP

Gorbachev's daughter Irina hugs politician Grigory Yavlinsky in front of her father's casket. AP

People queue at the memorial service, after which Gorbachev was buried at the Novodevichy Cemetery in Moscow next to the grave of his wife Raisa. EPA

Muscovites queue to enter the hall. AFP

Although Gorbachev was not granted a state funeral, the hall in which his body lay has been used as a venue for them since Soviet times. AP

President Vladimir Putin was not among the mourners. Earlier, he laid flowers at the hospital where Gorbachev died. AP

People queue outside the hall near the Kremlin. AP

Dmitry Medvedev, deputy chairman of Russia's Security Council, pays his respects. Reuters

Russians queue to attend the ceremony. AFP

A portrait of Gorbachev on the wall during his memorial service in Moscow. Reuters

Mikhail Gorbachev funeral takes place in Moscow - in pictures

Indonesia's Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki spews ash and smoke during an eruption, seen from Lewolaga village in Titihena, East Nusa Tenggara. AFP

Best photos of November 13: A smoking volcano in Indonesia to a giant panda in Australia - in pictures

An artist's impression of the Dubai Exhibition expansion at Expo City. Photo: DWTC

Dubai Exhibition Centre construction - in pictures