One Ghanaian mourner at the funeral said he prayed for the sense of unity that has followed Mills' death to continue.

CNN: Ghana mourns as President John Atta Mills is buried

When Clinton spoke briefly in the Rose Garden after the vote, he looked, finally, grief stricken and empty, like a mourner left alone with the empty Jell-O molds and casserole dishes after the funeral.

CNN: Sighs and whimpers

Rees' boxing career looked over when he was banned for a year by the British Boxing Board of Control after he knocked out a mourner at a wake.

BBC: Calzaghe demands Rees respect