PHOTO COLLECTION: Vatican Pope Security
PHOTO COLLECTION: Vatican Pope Security
Carabinieri paramilitary police patrol St. Peter’s Square as people line up to enter St. Peter’s Basilica where Pope Francis is lying in state, at the Vatican, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
An Italian army anti-drone unit patrol St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Thursday April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
Police officers patrol St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Thursday April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
People wait behind a Police line in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 23, 2025 as the body of the late Pope Francis will lie in state inside St. Peter’s Basilica for three days. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
A policeman stands next to people waiting to enter St. Peter’s Square to pay their respects to the late Pope Francis, lying in state at St. Peter’s Basilica for the final day, at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)
Carabinieri (Italian paramilitary police) officers patrol St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Thursday April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
Horse mounted police patrol the area next to St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Thursday April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
Carabinieri (Italian paramilitary police) patrol St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Thursday April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
Italian Carabinieri paramilitary police stand beneath the Bernini Colonnade near St.Peter’s Basilica where Pope Francis is lying in state, at the Vatican, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
Italian Carabinieri paramilitary police stand beneath the Bernini Colonnade near St.Peter’s Basilica where Pope Francis is lying in state, at the Vatican, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
A police officer stands beneath the Bernini Colonnade near St.Peter’s Basilica where Pope Francis is lying in state, at the Vatican, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
Italian police officers monitor the flow of near the Vatican, Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
Italian police officers on a dinghy boat patrol for security the Tiber river near the Vatican, with the Sant’Angelo castle in the background, Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
Horse-mounted police patrol St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican after Cardinal Camerlengo Kevin Joseph Farrell announced the death of Pope Francis, Monday, April 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
An Italian army soldier is backdropped by St. Peter’s Basilica while looking through a binocular in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Thursday April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
Italian army soldiers carrying an anti drone gun patrol the area in front of St. Peter’s Square before a rosary prayer for the late Pope Francis, in Rome Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
Italian army soldiers carrying an anti drone gun patrol the area in front of St. Peter’s Square before a rosary prayer for the late Pope Francis, in Rome Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
Nuns arriving from Spain, some from South America, chat with a policeman while waiting in line to see the body of Pope Francis, who will lie in state for three days, in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
Carabinieri paramilitary police patrol St. Peter’s Square as people line up to enter St. Peter’s Basilica where Pope Francis is lying in state, at the Vatican, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
Carabinieri paramilitary police patrol St. Peter’s Square as people line up to enter St. Peter’s Basilica where Pope Francis is lying in state, at the Vatican, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
An Italian army anti-drone unit patrol St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Thursday April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
An Italian army anti-drone unit patrol St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Thursday April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
Police officers patrol St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Thursday April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
Police officers patrol St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Thursday April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
People wait behind a Police line in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 23, 2025 as the body of the late Pope Francis will lie in state inside St. Peter’s Basilica for three days. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
People wait behind a Police line in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 23, 2025 as the body of the late Pope Francis will lie in state inside St. Peter’s Basilica for three days. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
A policeman stands next to people waiting to enter St. Peter’s Square to pay their respects to the late Pope Francis, lying in state at St. Peter’s Basilica for the final day, at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)
A policeman stands next to people waiting to enter St. Peter’s Square to pay their respects to the late Pope Francis, lying in state at St. Peter’s Basilica for the final day, at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)
Carabinieri (Italian paramilitary police) officers patrol St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Thursday April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
Carabinieri (Italian paramilitary police) officers patrol St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Thursday April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
Horse mounted police patrol the area next to St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Thursday April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
Horse mounted police patrol the area next to St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Thursday April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
Carabinieri (Italian paramilitary police) patrol St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Thursday April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
Carabinieri (Italian paramilitary police) patrol St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Thursday April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
Italian Carabinieri paramilitary police stand beneath the Bernini Colonnade near St.Peter’s Basilica where Pope Francis is lying in state, at the Vatican, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
Italian Carabinieri paramilitary police stand beneath the Bernini Colonnade near St.Peter’s Basilica where Pope Francis is lying in state, at the Vatican, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
Italian Carabinieri paramilitary police stand beneath the Bernini Colonnade near St.Peter’s Basilica where Pope Francis is lying in state, at the Vatican, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
Italian Carabinieri paramilitary police stand beneath the Bernini Colonnade near St.Peter’s Basilica where Pope Francis is lying in state, at the Vatican, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
A police officer stands beneath the Bernini Colonnade near St.Peter’s Basilica where Pope Francis is lying in state, at the Vatican, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
A police officer stands beneath the Bernini Colonnade near St.Peter’s Basilica where Pope Francis is lying in state, at the Vatican, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
Italian police officers monitor the flow of near the Vatican, Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
Italian police officers monitor the flow of near the Vatican, Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
Italian police officers on a dinghy boat patrol for security the Tiber river near the Vatican, with the Sant’Angelo castle in the background, Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
Italian police officers on a dinghy boat patrol for security the Tiber river near the Vatican, with the Sant’Angelo castle in the background, Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
Horse-mounted police patrol St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican after Cardinal Camerlengo Kevin Joseph Farrell announced the death of Pope Francis, Monday, April 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
Horse-mounted police patrol St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican after Cardinal Camerlengo Kevin Joseph Farrell announced the death of Pope Francis, Monday, April 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
An Italian army soldier is backdropped by St. Peter’s Basilica while looking through a binocular in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Thursday April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
An Italian army soldier is backdropped by St. Peter’s Basilica while looking through a binocular in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Thursday April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
Italian army soldiers carrying an anti drone gun patrol the area in front of St. Peter’s Square before a rosary prayer for the late Pope Francis, in Rome Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
Italian army soldiers carrying an anti drone gun patrol the area in front of St. Peter’s Square before a rosary prayer for the late Pope Francis, in Rome Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
Italian army soldiers carrying an anti drone gun patrol the area in front of St. Peter’s Square before a rosary prayer for the late Pope Francis, in Rome Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
Italian army soldiers carrying an anti drone gun patrol the area in front of St. Peter’s Square before a rosary prayer for the late Pope Francis, in Rome Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
Nuns arriving from Spain, some from South America, chat with a policeman while waiting in line to see the body of Pope Francis, who will lie in state for three days, in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
Nuns arriving from Spain, some from South America, chat with a policeman while waiting in line to see the body of Pope Francis, who will lie in state for three days, in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
This is a photo collection curated by AP photo editors.