Photos: A day of mourning for former President Jimmy Carter

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Photos from the state funeral of former President Jimmy Carter in Washington D.C. on Jan. 9, 2025.

A joint services body bearer team carries the casket of former President Jimmy Carter after a state funeral service at Washington National Cathedral in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Military Body Bearers carry the flag-draped casket bearing the remains of former President Jimmy Carter from the Washington National Cathedral following his state funeral as, from left, Jack Carter, Former Vice Presidents Al Gore and Mike Pence, Karen Pence, former President Bill Clinton, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, former President George W. Bush, Laura Bush, former President Barack Obama, President-elect Donald Trump, Melania Trump, President Joe Biden, first lady Jill Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and second gentleman Doug Emhoff look on, Jan. 9, 2025, in Washington, DC. President Joe Biden declared today a national day of mourning for Carter, the 39th President of the United States, who died at the age of 100 on Dec. 29, 2024 at his home in Plains, Georgia. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty)
Jack Carter, right, and his wife Liz, react during the state funeral of former President Jimmy Carter at the National Cathedral, Jan. 9, 2025, in Washington. (Ricky Carioti/The Washington Post)
The casket of former President Jimmy Carter is pictured during a state funeral at the National Cathedral, Jan. 9, 2025, in Washington. (Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times)
President Joe Biden speaks a tribute next to the flag-draped casket of former President Jimmy Carter, during a state funeral at Washington National Cathedral, Jan. 9, 2025, in Washington. (Ben Curtis/AP)
President Joe Biden touches the casket of former President Jimmy Carter during a state funeral service at Washington National Cathedral in Washington, Jan. 9, 2025. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP)
The flag-draped casket of former U.S. President Jimmy Carter is seen during his state funeral at Washington National Cathedral on Jan. 9, 2025 in Washington, DC. President Joe Biden declared today a national day of mourning for Carter, the 39th President of the United States, who died at the age of 100 on Dec. 29, 2024 at his home in Plains, Georgia. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty)
President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden greet members of the Carter family including Jeff Carter, left, and James “Chip” Carter and his wife Becky, at the state funeral for former President Jimmy Carter at Washington National Cathedral in Washington, Jan. 9, 2025. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP)
U.S. Military Body Bearers carry the flag-draped casket bearing the remains of former U.S. President Jimmy Carter into the Washington National Cathedral for his state funeral on Jan. 9, 2025 in Washington, DC. President Joe Biden declared today a national day of mourning for Carter, the 39th President of the United States, who died at the age of 100 on Dec. 29, 2024 at his home in Plains, Georgia. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty)
The casket of former President Jimmy Carter arrives for a state funeral at the National Cathedral, Jan. 9, 2025, in Washington. (Haiyun Jiang/The New York Timel)
Front row, from left, President Joe Biden, first lady Jill Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and second gentleman Doug Emhoff and second row from left, former President Bill Clinton, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, former President George W. Bush, Laura Bush, former President Barack Obama, President-elect Donald Trump and Melania Trump, stand during the state funeral for former President Jimmy Carter at Washington National Cathedral in Washington, Jan. 9, 2025. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP)
Vice President Kamala Harris talks with former President George W. Bush as from the front row, from left, President Joe Biden, first lady Jill Biden, second gentleman Doug Emhoff and second row from left, former President Bill Clinton, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Laura Bush, former President Barack Obama, President-elect Donald Trump and Melania Trump, during the state funeral for former President Jimmy Carter at Washington National Cathedral in Washington, Jan. 9, 2025. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP)
Former President Barack Obama talks with President-elect Donald Trump as Melania Trump listens and as Vice President Kamala Harris and second gentleman Doug Emhoff arrive, before the state funeral for former President Jimmy Carter at Washington National Cathedral in Washington, Jan. 9, 2025. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP)
The hearse carrying the flag-draped casket of former President Jimmy Carter arrives at Washington National Cathedral in Washington, Jan. 9, 2025, for a State Funeral. (Mark Schiefelbein/AP)
The casket bearing the remains of former U.S. President Jimmy Carter arrives at the Washington National Cathedral for his state funeral on Jan. 9, 2025 in Washington, D.C. President Joe Biden declared today a national day of mourning for Carter, the 39th President of the United States, who died at the age of 100 on Dec. 29, 2024 at his home in Plains, Georgia. Following the state funeral, Carter’s remains will be returned to Plains, Georgia where he will be interred after a private family service. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty)
U.S. Military Body Bearers carry the casket bearing the remains of former U.S. President Jimmy Carter to the Washington National Cathedral for his state funeral on Jan. 9, 2025 in Washington, D.C. President Joe Biden declared today a national day of mourning for Carter, the 39th President of the United States, who died at the age of 100 on Dec. 29, 2024 at his home in Plains, Georgia. Following the state funeral, Carter’s remains will be returned to Plains, Georgia where he will be interred after a private family service. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty)
A joint services military body bearer team carries the flag-draped casket of former President Jimmy Carter from the U.S. Capitol on the way to a state funeral at the National Cathedral in Washington, Jan. 9, 2025. (Jose Luis Magana/AP)
The flag-draped casket of former U.S. President Jimmy Carter is carried by a joint services body bearer team down the steps of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 9, 2025 in Washington, D.C. There will be a state funeral for Carter at Washington National Cathedral today. Carter, the 39th President of the United States, died at the age of 100 on Dec. 29, 2024 at his home in Plains, Georgia. (Shawn Thew/AP)
President-elect Donald Trump and his wife Melania Trump visit the flag draped casket of the late former President Jimmy Carter as he lies in state at the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 8, 2025, in Washington. (John McDonnell/AP)
President-elect Donald Trump and Melania Trump pause at the flag-draped casket of former President Jimmy Carter as he lies in state in the rotunda of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Jan. 8, 2025. (Andrew Harnik/Getty)
President-elect Donald Trump and Melania Trump pause at the flag-draped casket of former President Jimmy Carter as he lies in state in the rotunda of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Jan. 8, 2025. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)
Former Sen. Patrick Leahy and his wife Marcelle pause at the flag-draped casket of former President Jimmy Carter as he lies in state in the rotunda of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) salutes as she pays respects to former President Jimmy Carter as Carter lies in state in the Rotunda of the Capitol in Washington, on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025. (Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times)
The Carter family pay their respects during a ceremony as the flag-draped casket of former President Jimmy Carter lies in state, at the Capitol, Jan. 7, 2025, in Washington. Carter died Dec. 29 at the age of 100. (Kent Nishimura/The New York Times)
The flag-draped casket of former U.S. President Jimmy Carter is transferred to a hearse during an arrival ceremony on Jan. 7, 2025 at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland. Carter’s body will lie in state in the Capitol Rotunda until a funeral service at the National Cathedral in Washington on Jan. 9. Carter, the 39th President of the United States, died at the age of 100 on December 29, 2024 at his home in Plains, Georgia. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty)
The flag-draped casket of former President Jimmy Carter lies in state during a ceremony in the Capitol, Jan. 7, 2025, in Washington. Carter died Dec. 29 at the age of 100. (Saul Loeb/Getty-AFP)
The flag-draped casket of former President Jimmy Carter lies in state at the rotunda of the U.S. Capitol, Jan. 7, 2025, in Washington. (Andrew Harnik/Getty)
A joint services military body bearer team carries the flag-draped casket of former President Jimmy Carter up the steps into the U.S Capitol, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025, in Washington. Carter died Dec. 29 at the age of 100. (Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters)
A joint services body bearer team moves the casket of former President Jimmy Carter after it arrived on a horse-drawn caisson at the East Front of U.S. Capitol in Washington, Jan. 7, 2025. (Shawn Thew/AP)
The flag-draped casket of former U.S. President Jimmy Carter is transferred to a hearse during an arrival ceremony on Jan. 7, 2025 at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty)
The flag-draped casket of former President Jimmy Carter is transferred to a horse-drawn caisson at the U.S. Navy Memorial before traveling on to the Capitol in Washington, Jan. 7, 2025, where Carter will lie in state. Carter died Dec. 29 at the age of 100. (Mark Schiefelbein/AP)
A joint forces body bearer team moves the flag-draped casket of former President Jimmy Carter upon arrival at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Jan. 7, 2025. Carter died Dec. 29, at the age of 100. (Susan Walsh/AP)
The casket containing the remains of former President Jimmy Carter moves toward the U.S. Capitol on a horse-drawn caisson in Washington, Jan. 7, 2025. Carter died Dec. 29, 2024, at the age of 100. (Susan Walsh/AP)
A horse and a member of the military that will transport the caisson carrying former President Jimmy Carter’s casket waits at the U.S. Navy Memorial before traveling on to the Capitol in Washington to lie in state, Jan. 7, 2025. Carter died Dec. 29 at the age of 100. (Mark Schiefelbein/AP)
A U.S. Secret Service agent assigned to the Carter detail, places his hand on the hearse containing the casket of former President Jimmy Carter, at Phoebe Sumter Medical Center on Jan. 4, 2025 in Americus, Georgia.(Alex Brandon/AP)

Originally Published: January 9, 2025 at 12:58 PM CST