1.   All through yesterday crowds have been arriving and by midnight thousands of people packed the square.

2.   The queen mother waved to the thousands who lined London streets and packed the square outside Buckingham Palace.

3.   By the time the parade reached War Memorial Plaza in front of City Hall, thousands had packed the square, craning for a view of the stage.

4.   Tens of thousands packed the square and blocked the streets.

5.   Wednesday night, throngs of people waving handkerchiefs and tiny yellow and white Vatican flags packed a square in Wadowice, where the then Karol Wojytla was born.