Wilfried Bony was among the pallbearers as a coffin containing Cheick Tiote's body returned back to his native Ivory Coast on Thursday afternoon.
Tiote's body arrived at Port Bouet Airport in Abidjan, the Ivorian capital, after being flown from Beijing where he tragically passed away.
Manchester City forward Bony and other former team-mates of Tiote's with the Ivory Coast national team carried the casket on their shoulders.
Bony wore a t-shirt emblazoned with Tiote's face - which read 'an elephant never dies' in reference to the Ivory Coast national team's nickname.