In pictures: Prayers for the Pope around the world
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Pope Francis remains in a critical condition, the Vatican has said in a medical update, with respiratory and kidney problems.
Around the world, prayers and services are being held in support of the pontiff.
In the Vatican, people gathered in St. Peter's Square.
In Rome, flowers and tributes were left outside the Gemelli Polyclinic, where the Pope is being treated.
The Archbishop of the City of Buenos Aires, Jorge Garcia Cuerva, led a mass for the health of the Pope.
Pope Francis was born in the city and was Archbishop in 1998.
People prayed in Guatemala City.
A woman was emotional during a mass in honor of Venezuelan Jose Gregorio Hernandez, known as the "Doctor of the Poor," after Pope Francis approved his canonisation, in Caracas, Venezuela.
And in Mumbai, India, an artist made his own colourful dedication.
