AFP PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2025 A church worker carries a portrait of the late Pope Francis during a memorial mass at the main cathedral at the El Zocalo Square in Mexico City on April 21, 2025.. Pope Francis died on April 21, 2025, aged 88, a day after making a much hoped-for appearance at Saint Peter`s Square on Easter Sunday, the Vatican said in a statement. (Photo by Yuri CORTEZ / AFP) / AFP PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2025