Cuba is observing nine days of national mourning for former President Fidel Castro, who has died at the age of 90.
The socialist revolutionary's death was announced by his brother, Raul Castro, the incumbent Cuban president, on state television late on Friday.
In his address the elderly leader said Mr Castro, who ruled Cuba since 1959 and survived countless assassination attempts, died at 10.29pm on Friday.
Exiled Cubans in Miami's Little Havana took to the streets to celebrate the death of Fidel Castro.
One woman said the leader had "separated her family" while a man, whose father had spent two years in jail in Cuba, described him as "a killer".
In contrast, Russians paid their respects outside the Cuban embassy in Moscow to the leader who built a communist state on the doorstep of the United States.
Castro once said "history would absolve him". The world now waits to see how the revolutionary leader will be remembered.
Thousands of people turned out to bid farewell to Fidel Castro as the former Cuban leader's ashes began their final journey.
Raul Castro and South American leaders were among those who attended a massive evening tribute to the late Cuban president.
Kim Jong Un, leader of North Korea, has paid his respects to Fidel Castro, former leader of Cuba.