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Ćwik Filip - National Mourning:

Warsaw 10-17 April 2010 Poland
National mourning after a plane crash, in which killed President Lech Kaczynski and his wife Maria. Warsaw crowd arrived at the Presidential Palace to honor and pay homage to the President of the Republic of Poland

Ćwik Filip - National Mourning:

Krakow 18 April 2010 Poland
The funeral of President Lech Kaczynski and his wife Maria. Poles crowd came to Krakow to honor, pay tribute and say goodbye tragically deceased President of the Republic of Poland

Ćwik Filip - National Mourning:

Krakow 18 April 2010 Poland
The funeral of President Lech Kaczynski and his wife Maria. Poles crowd came to Krakow to honor, pay tribute and say goodbye tragically deceased President of the Republic of Poland

Ćwik Filip - National Mourning:

Krakow 18 April 2010 Poland
The funeral of President Lech Kaczynski and his wife Maria. Poles crowd came to Krakow to honor, pay tribute and say goodbye tragically deceased President of the Republic of Poland

Ćwik Filip - National Mourning:

Warsaw 10-17 April 2010 Poland
National mourning after a plane crash, in which killed President Lech Kaczynski and his wife Maria. Warsaw crowd arrived at the Presidential Palace to honor and pay homage to the President of the Republic of Poland

Ćwik Filip - National Mourning:

Krakow 18 April 2010 Poland
The funeral of President Lech Kaczynski and his wife Maria. Poles crowd came to Krakow to honor, pay tribute and say goodbye tragically deceased President of the Republic of Poland

Ćwik Filip - National Mourning:

Warsaw 10-17 April 2010 Poland
National mourning after a plane crash, in which killed President Lech Kaczynski and his wife Maria. Warsaw crowd arrived at the Presidential Palace to honor and pay homage to the President of the Republic of Poland

Ćwik Filip - National Mourning:

Krakow 18 April 2010 Poland
The funeral of President Lech Kaczynski and his wife Maria. Poles crowd came to Krakow to honor, pay tribute and say goodbye tragically deceased President of the Republic of Poland

Ćwik Filip - National Mourning:

Warsaw 10-17 April 2010 Poland
National mourning after a plane crash, in which killed President Lech Kaczynski and his wife Maria. Warsaw crowd arrived at the Presidential Palace to honor and pay homage to the President of the Republic of Poland

Ćwik Filip - National Mourning:

Krakow 18 April 2010 Poland
The funeral of President Lech Kaczynski and his wife Maria. Poles crowd came to Krakow to honor, pay tribute and say goodbye tragically deceased President of the Republic of Poland

Ćwik Filip - National Mourning:

Warsaw 10-17 April 2010 Poland
National mourning after a plane crash, in which killed President Lech Kaczynski and his wife Maria. Warsaw crowd arrived at the Presidential Palace to honor and pay homage to the President of the Republic of Poland

Ćwik Filip - National Mourning:

Krakow 18 April 2010 Poland
The funeral of President Lech Kaczynski and his wife Maria. Poles crowd came to Krakow to honor, pay tribute and say goodbye tragically deceased President of the Republic of Poland

National Mourning
Filip Ćwik

On April 10, 2010, around 8:40 am, a plane TU 154 crashed close to the town of Smolensk in Russia. Polish President Lech Kaczynski and his wife Maria were killed, along with Poland's chiefs of the army and the navy, central bank governor, MPs and leading historians who were among 96 passengers and plane crew members , all of whom died. On Saturday April 17, hundreds of thousands of people attended an open-air memorial service in the centre of Warsaw and the state funeral of Polish President Lech Kaczynski and his wife Maria held in Krakow the following day. Napo Images witnessed the national mourning in Warsaw and Krakow. We tried to capture the emotions and importance of what took place in those exceptional, sad days.

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National Mourning
Filip Ćwik

On April 10, 2010, around 8:40 am, a plane TU 154 crashed close to the town of Smolensk in Russia. Polish President Lech Kaczynski and his wife Maria were killed, along with Poland's chiefs of the army and the navy, central bank governor, MPs and leading historians who were among 96 passengers and plane crew members , all of whom died. On Saturday April 17, hundreds of thousands of people attended an open-air memorial service in the centre of Warsaw and the state funeral of Polish President Lech Kaczynski and his wife Maria held in Krakow the following day. Napo Images witnessed the national mourning in Warsaw and Krakow. We tried to capture the emotions and importance of what took place in those exceptional, sad days.