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Photos: King Abdullah

Mourners gather around the grave of Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah at Al Oud cemetery in Riyadh on Jan. 23 following his death in the early hours of the morning.

Mourners gather around the grave of Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah at Al Oud cemetery in Riyadh on Jan. 23 following his death in the early hours of the morning.  (Mohammed Mashhur / AFP/Getty Images)

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King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia died Jan. 23 at the age of 90. After a simple ceremony, he was laid to rest in an unmarked grave.

King Abdullah

Saudi Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal, center, speaking with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during the funeral of the Saudi King Abdullah.  (Saudi Press Agency / EPA)

King Abdullah

King Abdullah at his residence in the Red Sea city of Jiddah, Saudi Arabia, on June 27. Abdullah became king in 2005 with the death of King Fahd, who had been incapacitated by a stroke 10 years earlier.  (Brendan Smialowski / Associated Press)

King Abdullah and Pope Benedict XVI

On Nov. 6, 2007, Pope Benedict XVI welcomed King Abdullah to the Vatican.  (Chris Helgren / Associated Press)

President Bush and King Abdullah

President George W. Bush greets Abdullah, then the Saudi crown prince, at his ranch in Crawford, Texas, on April 25, 2005.  (Gerald Herbert / Associated Press)

King Abdullah and regional leaders

On March 11, 2009, King Abdullah, center, speaks with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, left, and Syrian President Bashar Assad in Riyadh, the Saudi capital. Saudi Arabia hosted the leaders in an effort to persuade Syria to move away from Iran and instead work with U.S.-allied Arab countries.   (Hassan Ammar / Associated Press)

Middle Eastern potentates

In a photo circa 1980, Crown Prince Abdullah, center, meets with Sheik Zayed ibn Sultan al Nuhayya, left, president of the United Arab Emirates; and Saudi King Khaled.  (Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

King Abdullah and world leaders

King Abdullah II of Jordan, from left, Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah, President George W. Bush, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, Bahraini King Hamed ibn Isa Khalifa and Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas before a meeting in Sharm el Sheik, Egypt, in 2003.  (J. Scott Applewhite / Associated Press)

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