Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa offers a wreath to deceased former president Mario Soares at the Jeronimos Monastery in Lisbon, Portugal, on Jan. 9, 2017. In a soaring tribute, thousands of Portuguese took to streets in capital Lisbon on Monday to bid farewell to deceased former president Mario Soares, a man widely known as the "father of democracy" in the country. (Xinhua/Lusa)