"The austere funeral of Saudi King Abdullah intrigued many a foreign observer," writes AFP's Mohammed Mashhur. "Strange and surprising to see one of the world’s richest monarchs, with an estimated fortune worth more than 18 billion dollars, laid to rest in a nameless grave. I wanted to take this picture for the sake of history, to show the world how we bury a king here in Saudi Arabia, without particular distinction, in the midst of people both rich and poor."