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With a history as complex as Cuba in the late 20th century, it is no surprise reactions to the death of former Cuban leader Fidel Castro around the world have been mixed. A hero to some – a brutal dictator to others – here are some of the images following his passing on November 26, 2016.
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PHOTOS: The death of Castro – tributes and celebration around the world
HAVANA, CUBA
View of the front page of Cuban Granma newspaper reading "Until victory forever, Fidel!"in Havana, on November 26, 2016. (AFP PHOTO / ADALBERTO ROQUE)
CHENNAI, INDIA
Indian members of Communist Party of India carry placards bearing the image of former Cuban president Fidel Castro during a remembrance rally in Chennai on November 26, 2016. (AFP PHOTO / ARUN SANKAR)
KOLKATA, INDIA
Indian members of Leftists organisations carry placards bearing the image of former Cuban president Fidel Castro during a remembrance rally in Kolkata on November 26, 2016. (AFP PHOTO / Dibyangshu SARKAR)
SHANGHAI, CHINA
A seller shows Chinese newspapers referring to the death of former Cuban leader Fidel Castro at a news stand in Shanghai on November 27, 2016. (AFP PHOTO / Johannes EISELE)
MIAMI, FLORIDA - US
Cuban Americans celebrate upon hearing about the death of longtime Cuban leader Fidel Castro in the Little Havana neighborhood of Miami, Florida on November 26, 2016. (AFP PHOTO / RHONA WISE)
PARIS, FRANCE
Leader of the Left Party (Parti de Gauche - PG) Jean-Luc Melenchon arrives for a ceremony in tribute to Cuban revolutionary icon Fidel Castro, next to the statue of Simon Bolivar, on November 26, 2016 in Paris. (AFP PHOTO / PATRICK KOVARIK)
MOSCOW, RUSSIA
A woman places flowers outside the Cuban embassy to pay tribute to the late revolutionary leader Fidel Castro, in Moscow on November 26, 2016. (AFP PHOTO / Vasily MAXIMOV)
MADRID, SPAIN
An anti Castro demonstrator drinks a toast to celebrate Fidel Castro's death in front of Cuba's embassy in Madrid on November 26, 2016.(AFP PHOTO / JAVIER SORIANO)
QUITO, ECUADOR
A woman holds a poster depicting Cuban historic revolutioonary leader Fidel Castro during a gathering outside the Cuban embassy in Quito on November 26, 2016, the day after he died aged 90.(AFP PHOTO / JUAN CEVALLOS)
BOGOTA, COLOMBIA
Women cry and others shout slogans during a tribute to Cuban historic revolutionary leader Fidel Castro at the Cuban embassy in Bogota, on November 26, 2016 a day after the former Cuban president's death in Havana. (AFP PHOTO / Guillermo LEGARIA)
MIAMI, FLORIDA - US
Janusz Biskupek joins Cuban Americans as they celebrate in the streets of Miami's Little Havana the death of Cuban dictator Fidel Castro on November 26, 2016. (AFP PHOTO / RHONA WISE)
MIAMI, FLORIDA - US
MIAMI, FL - NOVEMBER 26: An effigy of former Cuban President Fidel Castro is seen on a stake as people react outside the restaurant Versailles on November 26, 2016 in Miami, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images/AFP)
HAVANA, CUBA
Two of the Cuban five, Gerardo Hernandez (L) and Antonio Guerrero (2nd-L) attend a gathering of university student in Havana on November 26, 2016, the day after Cuban historic revolutionary leader Fidel Castro died aged 90. (AFP PHOTO / STR)
ASUNCION, PARAGUAY
Supporters of Paraguay's Communist Party gather in Asuncion to pay tribute to Cuban historic revolutionary leader Fidel Castro on November 26, 2016 a day after his death in Havana. (AFP PHOTO / Norberto DUARTE)
MIAMI, FLORIDA - US
Cuban Americans in Miami's Little Havana celebrate the death of longtime Cuban leader Fidel Castro on November 26, 2016.
(AFP PHOTO / RHONA WISE)
MIAMI, FLORIDA - US
Brianna Garcia carries a makeshift tombstone as Cuban Americans in Miami's Little Havana celebrate the death of longtime Cuban leader Fidel Castro on November 26, 2016. (AFP PHOTO / Gaston De Cardenas)
BOGOTA, COLOMBIA
People hold flowers in front of a portrait of Cuban historic revolutionary leader Fidel Castro at the Cuban embassy in Bogota, Colombia, on November 26, 2016. (AFP PHOTO / Guillermo LEGARIA)
CARACAS, VENEZUELA
Supporters of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro wave Cuban flags and a portait of the late Cuban leader Fidel Castro during a ceremony honouring Castro one day after his death, in Caracas, November 26, 2016. (AFP PHOTO / JUAN BARRETO)
LANCARAS, SPAIN
A woman looks at a book of condolences outside the abandoned small limestone house of Castro's father, on which a plaque reads, "Angel Castro Argiz was born in this house in 1875, a Galician who emigrated to Cuba where he planted trees which still blossom", in Lancara, a village some 20 kilometres (12 miles) from Lugo, northwestern Spain, on November 27, 2016. (AFP PHOTO / MIGUEL RIOPA)
LANCARA, SPAIN
Lancara's Mayor, Dario Pineiro (R), late Cuban ex-President Fidel Castro's cousin Manuela Argiz (C), 103, and former Lancara Mayor, Eladio Capon, lay flowers outside the abandoned small limestone house of Castro's father. (AFP PHOTO / MIGUEL RIOPA)
ROME, ITALY
A demonstrator holds a placard picturing former Cuban President Fidel Castro during a "C'e chi dice NO" (some say no) rally, in central Rome, on November 27, 2016 calling to vote "no" for the upcoming referendum focused on a constitutional reform. (AFP PHOTO / ANDREAS SOLARO)
HAVANA, CUBA
A car drives past a poster of Cuban former president Fidel Castro reading "Socialism or Death" in Havana on November 26, 2016, the morning after he died aged 90. (AFP PHOTO / YAMIL LAGE)
