MARTIN McGuinness's funeral was marked by a landmark public handshake.
Former first minister Arlene Foster shook hands with Sinn Féin's new northern leader Michelle O'Neill following Requiem Mass at St Columba's Church, Long Tower.
The pair reached across an aisle and spoke briefly as mourners were leaving the church, in a gesture recalling the Hands Across the Divide sculpture at Derry's Craigavon Bridge.
It came after days of uncertainty over whether Mrs Foster would attend the former deputy first minister's funeral.
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The DUP leader spent a year working in joint office with Mr McGuinness and signed a book of condolence for him at Stormont earlier this week.
However, relations between the north's two largest parties have been strained by the fall-out from the botched Renewable Heat Incentive scheme and the assembly election campaign, with politicians still locked in talks aimed at restoring power-sharing.
Mr Robinson and Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams also shook hands at the end of the Mass.
In 2012 Mr McGuinness shared a historic handshake with Queen Elizabeth after they met for the first time during a two-day visit by the monarch to the north.
