Hotel guests even have the opportunity to serve as honorary Duck Master and lead the procession.

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Mrs Sharif was planning to lead a procession of vehicles to the town of Peshawar, ostensibly to collect money for drought victims.

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The pontiff had originally been scheduled to celebrate Ash Wednesday at the small Sant' Anselmo church, then lead a procession to Santa Sabina Basilica on Rome's Aventine Hill.

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