Michael Jackson's funeral: in pictures

Michael Jackson's funeral, held 10 weeks after the pop star's shock death was an intimate affair attended by close family, including his parents, Katherine and Joe Photograph: Harrison Funk/The Jackson family/EPA

Jackson was laid to rest in a gold casket, seen here covered in white flowers at the service Photograph: Handout/Getty Images

The ceremony was delayed by about an hour by the late arrival of the Jackson family (from left to right): Janet, Randy, Jackie, Tito, Jermaine and Marlon Photograph: Harrison Funk/The Jackson family/EPA

Jackson's close friend, the actor Elizabeth Taylor Photograph: Harrison Funk/The Jackson family/EPA

US actors Macaulay Culkin (l) and Mila Kunis (r), both child stars like Jackson Photograph: Harrison Funk/The Jackson family/EPA

Music producers Berry Gordy (l) and Suzanne De Passe (r). Gordy founded the Motown record label, which helped propel the Jackson Five to global stardom Photograph: Harrison Funk/The Jackson family/EPA

The civil rights leader, Rev Al Sharpton arrives at the service. He wrote on Twitter: 'What MJ went through was so unfair, yet he succeeded. In the end, he was the biggest artist ever. He faced the headwinds but he made it.' Photograph: Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images

La Toya Jackson Photograph: Harrison Funk/The Jackson Family / Handout/EPA

The hearse carrying Jackson's body Photograph: Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images

The children of Jackson attend the ceremony Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

Prince Michael and Katherine Jackson leave the service Photograph: Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images

The Glendale police department motorcycle motorcade in front of the cemetery Photograph: Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images

Tito, Jermaine, Jackie and Randy Jackson attend the service Photograph: Harrison Funk/The Jackson Family / Handout/EPA

Fan Jesse Hudson holds a RIP sign on the street ouside the service Photograph: Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images