Muhammad Ali will be laid to rest on Friday, the culmination of a two-day farewell for the beloved boxing legend and civil rights hero who electrified crowds the world over. Tens of thousands from near and far are expected to line the streets of Ali's native city of Louisville in the southern U.S. state of Kentucky to bid goodbye to the three-time heavyweight world champion who died last week at 74 after a decades-long battle with Parkinson's disease.
Muhammad Ali Funeral: Tens of Thousands to Say Farewell
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Walter Farrow Jr., right, of Birmingham, Ala., strikes a boxing pose with Malachi Chism, 10, of Louisville, Ky., on the porch of Muhammad Ali's boyhood home in Louisville the night before Ali's funeral and memorial services, June 9, 2016.
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People pose for photos outside the childhood home of the late boxing champion Muhammad Ali in Louisville, Ky., June 9, 2016.
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Worshippers and well-wishers take photographs as the casket with the body of the late-boxing champion Muhammad Ali is brought for his Jenazah, an Islamic funeral prayer, in Louisville, Ky., June 9, 2016.
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, center, arrives to take part in the Jenazah, an Islamic funeral prayer, for the late boxing champion Muhammad Ali in Louisville, Ky., June 9, 2016.