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Israeli President Shimon Peres (R) lays a wreath by the coffin of former prime minister Ariel Sharon displayed at the Knesset (the Israeli Parliament) in Jerusalem on January 12, 2014. Israelis are paying their respects to Ariel Sharon, whose controversial life inspired admiration and provoked revulsion and whose death drew emotional reactions even after eight years in a coma. AFP PHOTO/GALI TIBBON