Thousands of Cubans line up to pay tribute to Fidel Castro

Cuba’s President Raul Castro greets Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro.

People participate in a massive rally at Revolution Square in Havana in honor of late leader Fidel Castro.

Cubans hold a picture of Fidel and Raul Castro, right, as they attend a rally at the Revolution Plaza in Havana. Schools and government offices were closed Tuesday for a second day of homage to Fidel Castro.

People pay their last respects to Cuban revolutionary icon Fidel Castro, kicking off a series of memorials in Havana.

A man wearing military medals salutes as thousands of people line up to pay tribute to Cuban leader Fidel Castro in the Plaza de la Revolucion of Havana.

Thousands of Cubans line up to pay tribute to the late Cuban leader Fidel Castro in the Plaza de la Revolucion of Havana.

People wait to pay their last respects to Cuban revolutionary icon Fidel Castro, kicking off a series of memorials in Havana.

People wait to pay their last respects to Cuban revolutionary icon Fidel Castro, kicking off a series of memorials in Havana.  (Pedro Pardo / AFP/Getty Images)

Thousands of Cubans line up to pay tribute to the Cuban leader Fidel Castro in the Plaza de la Revolucion of Havana.

Honor guard soldiers march before firing blank shots honoring the late Fidel Castro in Havana.

An honor guard fires blank shots honoring the late Fidel Castro in Havana.

People wait to pay their last respects to Cuban revolutionary icon Fidel Castro, kicking off a series of memorials in Havana.

Cuban soldiers stand guard while people pay their last respects to Cuban revolutionary icon Fidel Castro, kicking off a series of memorials in Havana.

A woman is comforted as she waits to pay last respects to Cuban revolutionary icon Fidel Castro at Jose Marti’s Memorial at Revolution Square in Havana.

A man stands on a balcony next to a picture of Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro at San Francisco de Asis Square in Havana, two days after Castro’s death.