• Taliban soldiers stand guard at the international airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. Reuters
    Taliban soldiers stand guard at the international airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. Reuters
  • Taliban remove tinted films from vehicle windows at a checkpoint in the Afghan capital. EPA
    Taliban remove tinted films from vehicle windows at a checkpoint in the Afghan capital. EPA
  • A worker pushes his handcart past the main entrance of the closed National Museum in Kabul. AFP
    A worker pushes his handcart past the main entrance of the closed National Museum in Kabul. AFP
  • Taliban forces stand guard at a roadside checkpoint. EPA
    Taliban forces stand guard at a roadside checkpoint. EPA
  • Youths play volleyball at Shahr-e Naw Park, Kabul. AFP
    Youths play volleyball at Shahr-e Naw Park, Kabul. AFP
  • Taliban forces check a car in Kabul. EPA
    Taliban forces check a car in Kabul. EPA
  • Taliban forces monitor traffic flow in the city centre. EPA
    Taliban forces monitor traffic flow in the city centre. EPA
  • Members of the Taliban guard the entrance to Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul. Reuters
    Members of the Taliban guard the entrance to Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul. Reuters
  • South Korean Prime Minister Kim Boo-kyum, left, greets representatives of a group of 390 Afghans, who were airlifted from Kabul to South Korea as 'persons of merits' late last month. EPA
    South Korean Prime Minister Kim Boo-kyum, left, greets representatives of a group of 390 Afghans, who were airlifted from Kabul to South Korea as 'persons of merits' late last month. EPA
  • Army Staff Sgt Ryan Knauss' funeral procession moves toward the front gate after arriving by charter aircraft from Dover AFB at McGhee Tyson Air Base, in Louisville, Tennessee. AP
    Army Staff Sgt Ryan Knauss' funeral procession moves toward the front gate after arriving by charter aircraft from Dover AFB at McGhee Tyson Air Base, in Louisville, Tennessee. AP

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Five hymns the crowds can join in

Papal Mass will begin at 10.30am at the Zayed Sports City Stadium on Tuesday

Some 17 hymns will be sung by a 120-strong UAE choir

Five hymns will be rehearsed with crowds on Tuesday morning before the Pope arrives at stadium

‘Christ be our Light’ as the entrance song

‘All that I am’ for the offertory or during the symbolic offering of gifts at the altar

‘Make me a Channel of your Peace’ and ‘Soul of my Saviour’ for the communion

‘Tell out my Soul’ as the final hymn after the blessings from the Pope

The choir will also sing the hymn ‘Legions of Heaven’ in Arabic as ‘Assakiroo Sama’

There are 15 Arabic speakers from Syria, Lebanon and Jordan in the choir that comprises residents from the Philippines, India, France, Italy, America, Netherlands, Armenia and Indonesia

The choir will be accompanied by a brass ensemble and an organ

They will practice for the first time at the stadium on the eve of the public mass on Monday evening 

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