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Russian Orthodox priest walks close to a portrait of the last Russian tsar, Nicholas II during as he takes part in a nightime procession marking 100 years since the Bolsheviks shot dead tsar Nicholas II and his family after he abdicated outside Yekaterinburg early on July 17, 2018. - The powerful church leader led the procession that began in the early hours of July 17, from the murder site to a monastery commemorating the victims outside the city of Yekaterinburg just east of the Ural mountains. Another 20,000 people joined the commemorations when the procession arrived at the monastery in Ganina Yama after covering the distance of 21 kilometres (13 miles). (Photo by Vlad LONSHAKOV / AFP) (Photo credit should read VLAD LONSHAKOV/AFP via Getty Images)