The coffin of President Vaclav Havel lies draped under a Czech flag during his state funeral Friday at St Vitus Cathederal, Prague. Getty Images
Fmr. U.S. President Clinton and his wife Hillary, pictured alongside Fmr. U.S. Secretary of State Madeline Albright who was born in Prague. Getty Images
Dagmar Havlova, widow of former Czech President Vaclav Havel arrives at funeral. Havel, the country's first post-independence president died Sunday Getty Images
A woman in line holds a rose as she waits to pay respects to Havel on Thursday, December 22. AFP/Getty Images
Candles and flowers fill the ground at Vaclavske Square as citizens pay their respects. Havel was 75. AFP/Getty Images
People line up in the Vladislav Hall at Prague Castle as they wait to pass by the former leader's coffin AFP/Getty Images
Soldiers stand next to Havel's flag-draped coffin, ahead of his funeral AFP/Getty Images
A girl lights a candle in Vaclavske Square in honor of Havel. AFP/Getty Images
Schoolchildren drew the Czech flag and left simple messages of thanks. Richard Allen Greene/CNN
Many of those who left messages for him expressed the same thought: Thank you. Others said Havel had changed their lives. Richard Allen Greene/CNN