Commemorative ceremony of Uzbekistan's President Islam Karimov

TASHKENT, UZBEKISTAN - SEPTEMBER 04: Citizens arrive to offer their condolences for Uzbekistan's President Islam Karimov, who died after suffering brain hemorrhage, in front of his giant picture, during a commemorative ceremony at the senate house in Tashkent, Uzbekistan on September 04, 2016. Karimov, 78, had been in intensive care since last Saturday for a cerebral hemorrhage. Karimov was Uzbekistans first and only president following the country's declaration of becoming an independent nation on Aug. 31, 1991. (Photo by Bahtiyar Abdukerimov/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)