The Pope's funeral has given the BBC's news website its second highest ever number of hits. More than 2 million people visited the site for news of the funeral arrangements for Pope John Paul II last week, with hundreds of thousands more hits for news of the royal wedding. Total numbers for the week topped 145 million - slightly behind the 151 million who visited the site for news on last year's US presidential election.
The Pope's funeral has given the BBC's news website its second highest ever number of hits. More than 2 million people visited the site for news of the funeral arrangements for Pope John Paul II last week, with hundreds of thousands more hits for news of the royal wedding. Total numbers for the week topped 145 million - slightly behind the 151 million who visited the site for news on last year's US presidential election.

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