There is a strange confluence of tourists and mourners (locals and dignitaries) and the media around 5:00 pm this day. The day before, a leading local politician named Isabel Carrasco was shot and killed by a rival. Shootings are rare in Spain; there is a strangeness in the air as the various players in this scene look and walk through and past each other. The space evacuated by the daily tourists in the famous Cathedral, known to have some of the greatest stained glass in the world, will be filled by those attending Mass to mourn the uncommon tragedy.

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