Photos: Nelson Mandela Dead – World Reactions
December 6, 2013
Pakistani schoolchildren hold lamps during a memorial tribute to South African late president Nelson Mandela, in Karachi on December 6, 2013. People gathered in cities around the world to make their own personal tributes to Nelson Mandela on December 6, leaving flowers and setting up makeshift shrines in an outpouring of emotion for South Africa's anti-apartheid icon. AFP PHOTO/RIZWAN TABASSUM/AFP/Getty Images ( 525233615 )
Soweto resident Joy Chauke holds a candle as she arrives to lay flowers outside the old house of Nelson Mandela in Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa Friday, Dec. 6, 2013. Flags were lowered to half-staff and people in black townships, in upscale mostly white suburbs and in South Africa's vast rural grasslands commemorated Nelson Mandela with song, tears and prayers on Friday while pledging to adhere to the values of unity and democracy that he embodied. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) ( South Africa Mandela Mourning )
A message using Nelson Mandela's clan name "Madiba" and a term of affection "Tata" meaning "father", is scrawled on the window of a car parked in the street outside Mandela's old house in Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa Friday, Dec. 6, 2013. Flags were lowered to half-staff and people in black townships, in upscale mostly white suburbs and in South Africa's vast rural grasslands commemorated Nelson Mandela with song, tears and prayers on Friday while pledging to adhere to the values of unity and democracy that he embodied. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) ( APTOPIX South Africa Mandela Mourning )
A woman attends a candle lit vigil outside the South African Consulate, held in memory of South Africa's former leader and leader against Apartheid, Nelson Mandela, who died yesterday, on December 6, 2013 in New York, United States. Mandela was a leader that helped conquer apartheid in racially divided South Africa after being jailed for his activism for decades. He was South Africa's first black president; he lived from 1918-2013. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images) ( 454022345 )
The US flag flies at half-staff at the US Capitol in observance of the death of late South African President Nelson Mandela, in Washington DC, USA, 06 December 2013. Nobel Peace Prize winner Nelson Mandela died at age 95, in Johannesburg, South Africa, on 05 December 2013. A former lawyer, Mandela was the first black President of South Africa voted into power after the countries first free and fair democratic elections that witnessed the end of the Apartheid system in 1994. Mandela was founding member of the ANC (African National Congress) and anti-apartheid activist who served 27 years in prison, spending many of these years on Robben Island. In South Africa, Mandela is often known as Tata Madiba, an honorary title adopted by elders of Mandela's clan. Mandela won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993. EPA/MICHAEL REYNOLDS ( USA SOUTH AFRICA MANDELA OBITUARY )
Nobel laureate Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu during a televised address to the nation regarding the late South African president Nelson Mandela in Cape Town, South Africa, 06 December 2013. Nobel Peace Prize winner Nelson Mandela died at age 95, in Johannesburg, South Africa, on 05 December 2013. A former lawyer, Mandela was the first black President of South Africa voted into power after the countries first free and fair democratic elections that witnessed the end of the Apartheid system in 1994. Mandela was founding member of the ANC (African National Congress) and anti-apartheid activist who served 27 years in prison, spending many of these years on Robben Island. In South Africa, Mandela is often known as Tata Madiba, an honorary title adopted by elders of Mandela's clan. Mandela won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993. EPA/NIC BOTHMA ( SOUTH AFRICA NELSON MANDELA OBITUARY )
A moment of silence is observed for the late South African President Nelson Mandela as his portrait is displayed on the large screen in the finish area before the start in the men's Downhill at the FIS World Cup Alpine Skiing in Beaver Creek, Colorado, USA, 06 December 2013. EPA/JOHN G. MABANGLO ( USA ALPINE SKIING WORLD CUP )
Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr., right, and Catholic priest Thulani Magwaza, from South Africa, talk about the life of Nelson Mandela before a prayer vigil in honor of Mandela at the Rainbow Push Coalition headquarters Friday, Dec. 6, 2013, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast) ( USA Mandela Global Reax )
A woman wearing a South African national flag photographs tributes to Nelson Mandela outside the South African embassy near Trafalgar Square on December 6, 2013 in London, England. Mandela was a leader that helped conquer apartheid in racially divided South Africa after being jailed for his activism for decades. He was South Africa's first black president. He died yesterday at the age of 95. (Photo by Oli Scarff/Getty Images) ( 453940505 )
Queen Elizabeth II, accompanied by Speaker of the House of Commons, John Bercow, looks at the plaque dedicated to Nelson Mandela as she visits the Palace of Westminster to view the Diamond Jubilee Window which has been installed in the Great Window of Westminster Hall on December 6, 2013 in London, England. (Photo by Arthur Edwards-WPA Pool/Getty Images) ( 453959651 )
ANC supporters show their respect for Nelson Mandela outside of his one-time house in Vilakazi Street December 6, 2013 in Soweto, South Africa. Mandela, also known as Tata Madiba, passed away on the evening of December 5th at his home in Houghton at the age of 95. Mandela became South Africa's first black president after being jailed for decades for his activism against apartheid in a racially-divided South Africa. (Photo by Brent Stirton/Getty Images) ( 453999145 )
A woman reads an Australian newspaper reporting on the death of former South African President Nelson Mandela on December 7, 2013 in Sydney, Australia. Mandela was a leader that helped conquer apartheid in racially divided South Africa after being jailed for his activism for decades. He was South Africa's first black president. He died yesterday at the age of 95. (Photo by Brendon Thorne/Getty Images) ( 454013701 )
Two people light a candle at a candle lit vigil outside the South African Consulate, held in memory of South Africa's former leader and leader against Apartheid, Nelson Mandela, who died yesterday, on December 6, 2013 in New York, United States. Mandela was a leader that helped conquer apartheid in racially divided South Africa after being jailed for his activism for decades. He was South Africa's first black president; he lived from 1918-2013. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images) ( 454022313 )
Pumla Cohen, a South African who has lived in New York since 1998, pauses at a candle lit vigil outside the South African Consulate in memory of South Africa's former leader and leader against Apartheid, Nelson Mandela, who died yesterday, on December 6, 2013 in New York, United States. Mandela was a leader that helped conquer apartheid in racially divided South Africa after being jailed for his activism for decades. He was South Africa's first black president; he lived from 1918-2013. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images) ( 454022327 )
A child looks up at a giant bronze statue of former president Nelson Mandela, on Mandela Square in Sandton, Johannesburg, Friday, Dec 6.2013. Flower tributes were placed on the square after Mandela died Thursday at his Johannesburg home after a long illness. He was 95. (AP Photo/Athol Moralee) ( South Africa Mandela Mourning )
Members of the public hold candles during a vigil to honor the life and memory of the late Nelson Mandela in Montreal, Friday, Dec. 6, 2013. Mandela died on Thursday at the age of 95. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Graham Hughes) ( Canada Mandela Global Reax )
A condolence message is left by a mourner in remembrance of the late former South African President Nelson Mandela outside the Union Buildings, in Pretoria, South Africa, on December 6, 2013. Mandela died aged 95 at his Johannesburg home on December 5, 2013 after a prolonged lung infection. AFP PHOTO / Phill Magakoe/AFP/Getty Images ( 525240676 )
A woman holding a candle pays a tribute to late former South African president Nelson Mandela outside his former house in Soweto on December 6, 2013. Mandela, the revered icon of the anti-apartheid struggle in South Africa and one of the towering political figures of the 20th century, has died aged 95. Mandela, who was elected South Africa's first black president after spending nearly three decades in prison, had been receiving treatment for a lung infection at his Johannesburg home since September, after three months in hospital in a critical state. AFP PHOTO / STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN/AFP/Getty Images ( 525242127 )
Marseille's football club supporters hold a banner reading "Farewell Mandela" before the start of the French L1 football match Olympique of Marseille (OM) versus Nantes (FCNA) at the Velodrome stadium in Marseille, southern France, on December 06, 2013, a day after the death of former South African President Nelson Mandela. AFP PHOTO / BORIS HORVAT/AFP/Getty Images ( 525240286 )
French President Francois Hollande delivers his speech next to a portrait of Nelson Mandela at the Elysee Summit for Peace and Security in Africa at the Elysee Palace, Friday, Dec.6, 2013 in Paris. France is hosting dozens of African leaders for a summit on security, just as the French military is launching an intervention in the Central African Republic and encouraging African governments to take more responsibility for peacemaking on the continent. As word of Mandela's death spread, current and former presidents, athletes and entertainers, and people around the world spoke about the life and legacy of the former South African leader. (AP Photo/Yoan Valat, Pool) ( France Mandela Global Reax )
A security person attaches a hand made card from mourners outside the home of former president Nelson Mandela in Johannesburg, South Africa, Friday, Dec. 6, 2013, after he died Thursday night following a long illness. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe) ( South Africa Mandela Mourning )
Soweto resident Joy Chauke pauses as she lays flowers outside the old house of Nelson Mandela in Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa Friday, Dec. 6, 2013. Flags were lowered to half-staff and people in black townships, in upscale mostly white suburbs and in South Africa's vast rural grasslands commemorated Nelson Mandela with song, tears and prayers on Friday while pledging to adhere to the values of unity and democracy that he embodied. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) ( South Africa Mandela Mourning )
Denaide Alves da Fonseca wears a shirt of her carnival drum group "Batuqueiros do Mandela" at Mandela shantytown (favela) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on December 6, 2013. The shantytown was named after Mandela to commemorate his discharge from prison in 1990. AFP PHOTO / YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP/Getty Images ( 525234207 )
Flowers are layed on December 6, 2013, on the ground in front of the South African Embassy in Paris a day after the death of former South African President Nelson Mandela. People gathered in cities around the world to make their own personal tributes to Nelson Mandela on December 6, leaving flowers and setting up makeshift shrines in an outpouring of emotion for South Africa's anti-apartheid icon. AFP PHOTO / KENZO TRIBOUILLARDKENZO TRIBOUILLARD/AFP/Getty Images ( 525237607 )
Mourners light candles in remembrance of the late former South African President Nelson Mandela outside the Union Buildings, in Pretoria, South Africa, on December 6, 2013. Mandela died aged 95 at his Johannesburg home on December 5, 2013 after a prolonged lung infection. AFP PHOTO / Phill Magakoe/AFP/Getty Images ( 525240528 )
Models pay a special tribute to late former South African President Nelson Mandela during the Kwazul-Natal David Tlale Fashion Extravaganza held in Durban on December 6, 2013. Mandela, the revered icon of the anti-apartheid struggle in South Africa and one of the towering political figures of the 20th century, has died aged 95. Mandela, who was elected South Africa's first black president after spending nearly three decades in prison, had been receiving treatment for a lung infection at his Johannesburg home since September, after three months in hospital in a critical state. AFP PHOTO /RAJESH JANTILAL/AFP/Getty Images ( 525243854 )
Galatasaray`s Didier Drogba from Ivory Coast wears a t-shirt with text reading "Thank you Madiba" in honor of late former South African President Nelson Mandela, during a Turkish super league match between Galatasaray and Elazigspor match on December 6, 2013, at Turk Telekom Arena, in Istanbul. People gathered in cities around the world to make their own personal tributes to Nelson Mandela on December 6, leaving flowers and setting up makeshift shrines in an outpouring of emotion for South Africa's anti-apartheid icon. AFP PHOTO/STRSTR/AFP/Getty Images ( 525244727 )
The marquee at the Apollo Theater in Harlem displays a memorial sign after the death of Nelson Mandela, former South African president and anti-apartheid leader, on December 6, 2013 in New York. The world on Friday mourned Mandela, who was hailed universally as an "incredible gift" to humanity. Mandela's "rainbow nation" awoke to a future without its founding father and its first black president, after he died late on December 5 aged 95 at his Johannesburg home surrounded by friends and family. AFP PHOTO/Stan HONDASTAN HONDA/AFP/Getty Images ( 525238736 )
A man signs a makeshift memorial outside the Apollo Theater in Harlem after the death of Nelson Mandela, former South African president and anti-apartheid leader, on December 6, 2013 in New York. The world on Friday mourned Mandela, who was hailed universally as an "incredible gift" to humanity. Mandela's "rainbow nation" awoke to a future without its founding father and its first black president, after he died late on December 5 aged 95 at his Johannesburg home surrounded by friends and family. AFP PHOTO/Stan HONDA/AFP/Getty Images ( 525238799 )
Mourners gather to honour late South African former president Nelson Mandela at an inter-faith service on December 6, 2013, held at the Grand Parade in Cape Town, where Mandela made his first speech as a free man in 1990. Mandela, the revered icon of the anti-apartheid struggle in South Africa and one of the towering political figures of the 20th century, died in Johannesburg on December 5 at age 95. Mandela, who was elected South Africa's first black president after spending nearly three decades in prison, had been receiving treatment for a lung infection at his Johannesburg home since September, after three months in hospital in a critical state. TOPSHOTS/AFP PHOTO/JENNIFER BRUCE/AFP/Getty Images ( 525244808 )
TOPSHOTS A woman cries after placing flowers in front of a picture of late South African former president Nelson Mandela during an inter-faith service on December 6, 2013, held at the Grand Parade in Cape Town, where Mandela made his first speech as a free man in 1990. Mandela, the revered icon of the anti-apartheid struggle in South Africa and one of the towering political figures of the 20th century, died in Johannesburg on December 5 at age 95. Mandela, who was elected South Africa's first black president after spending nearly three decades in prison, had been receiving treatment for a lung infection at his Johannesburg home since September, after three months in hospital in a critical state. /AFP PHOTO/JENNIFER BRUCEJENNIFER BRUCE/AFP/Getty Images ( 525244802 )
Women dance as they take part in a commemorative ceremony in honor of late former South African president Nelson Mandela outside the late leader's former home in the Orlando West district of Johannesburg on December 7, 2013. Mandela, the revered icon of the anti-apartheid struggle in South Africa and one of the towering political figures of the 20th century, died on December 5 aged 95. Mandela, who was elected South Africa's first black president after spending nearly three decades in prison, had been receiving treatment for a lung infection at his Johannesburg home since September, after three months in hospital in a critical state. AFP PHOTO / Carl de SOUZA/AFP/Getty Images ( 525267227 )
A young boy walks in front of a portrait of the late South African president Nelson Mandela at the Nelson Mandela Foundation in Johannesburg, South Africa, 07 December 2013. People all over the world were paying tribute to Nelson Mandela, as they reflected on his long walk to freedom and his enduring legacy. The former South African president and anti-Apartheid icon died after a long illness 05 December at the age of 95. EPA/DAI KUROKAWA ( SOUTH AFRICA MANDELA DEATH )
Prayer lamps are seen lit during a prayer meeting held by the Tibetan government in-exile, dedicated to Nelson Mandela and Tibetan self immolator Kunchok Tseten who died after a self immolation protest in Tibet recently at the main Tibetan Tsuglagkhang Temple at McLeod Ganj near Dharamsala, India, 07 December 2013. Nobel Peace Prize winner Nelson Mandela died at age 95, in Johannesburg, South Africa, on 05 December 2013. A former lawyer, Mandela was the first black President of South Africa voted into power after the countries first free and fair democratic elections that witnessed the end of the Apartheid system in 1994. Mandela was founding member of the ANC (African National Congress) and anti-apartheid activist who served 27 years in prison, spending many of these years on Robben Island. In South Africa, Mandela is often known as Tata Madiba, an honorary title adopted by elders of Mandela's clan. Mandela won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993. EPA/SANJAY BAID ( INDIA MANDELA DEATH )
Some of the hundreds of people paying their respects to Nelson Mandela dance and sing outside the house of the late South African president in Johannesburg, South Africa, 07 December 2013. Nobel Peace Prize winner Nelson Mandela died at age 95, in Johannesburg, South Africa, on 05 December 2013. A former lawyer, Mandela was the first black President of South Africa voted into power after the countries first free and fair democratic elections that witnessed the end of the Apartheid system in 1994. Mandela was founding member of the ANC (African National Congress) and anti-apartheid activist who served 27 years in prison, spending many of these years on Robben Island. In South Africa, Mandela is often known as Tata Madiba, an honorary title adopted by elders of Mandela's clan. Mandela won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993. EPA/KIM LUDBROOK ( SOUTH AFRICA MANDELA DEATH )
A young girl sits next to candles and condolence messages for Nelson Mandela in Sandton, Johannesburg, South Africa, Saturday, Dec. 7, 2013. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi) ( South Africa Mandela Mourning )
A woman wears the colors of the ANC as people sing and dance to celebrate the life of Nelson Mandela outside his former home in Vilakazi Street, Soweto Township, on December 7, 2013 in Soweto, South Africa. Mandela became South Africa's first black president in 1994 after spending 27 years in jail for his activism against apartheid in a racially-divided South Africa. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images) ( 454134693 )
A troupe of traditional dancers from the Kliptown suburb of Soweto perform outside Nelson Mandela's old house in Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa, Saturday, Dec. 7, 2013. South Africa is readying itself for the arrival of a flood of world leaders for the memorial service and funeral of Nelson Mandela as thousands of mourners continued to flock to sites around the country Saturday to pay homage to the freedom struggle icon. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) ( APTOPIX South Africa Mandela Mourning )
The sisters Ayanda, background, and Ntombi Ntshingita sign a condolence book for former president Nelson Mandela outside his first township home in Alexandra in Johannesburg, Saturday, Dec. 7, 2013. Mandela moves to the house at Alexandra in 1941. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber) ( South Africa Mandela Alexandra )
Flowers, candles and condolence messages are seen in Nelson Mandela Square in Sandton, Johannesburg, South Africa, Saturday, Dec. 7, 2013. Mandela died Thursday at his Johannesburg home after a long illness. He was 95(AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi) ( South Africa Mandela Mourning )
Mourners gathered in front of the South African embassy to pay their respects to the memory of Nelson Mandela on December 7, 2013 in Tehran, Iran. Mandela, also known as Tata Madiba, passed away on the evening of December 5th at his home in Houghton at the age of 95. Mandela became South Africa's first black president after being jailed for decades for his activism against apartheid in a racially-divided South Africa. (Photo by Majid Saeedi/Getty Images) ( 454128955 )
A young boy sits in a baby sling as ANC supporters sing and dance to celebrate the life of Nelson Mandela outside his former home in Viliakazi Street, Soweto Township, on December 7, 2013 in Soweto, South Africa. Mandela, also known as Tata Madiba, passed away on the evening of December 5th at his home in Houghton at the age of 95. Mandela became South Africa's first black president after being jailed for decades for his activism against apartheid in a racially-divided South Africa. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images) ( 454134473 )
ANC supporters sing and dance to celebrate the life of Nelson Mandela outside his former home in Viliakazi Street, Soweto Township, on December 7, 2013 in Soweto, South Africa. Mandela, also known as Tata Madiba, passed away on the evening of December 5th at his home in Houghton at the age of 95. Mandela became South Africa's first black president after being jailed for decades for his activism against apartheid in a racially-divided South Africa. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images) ( 454135225 )
South Africans lay flowers in Nelson Mandela Square as they pay respect to former President Nelson Mandela on December 7, 2013 in Johannesburg, South Africa. Mandela, also known as Madiba, passed away on the evening of December 5th, 2013 at his home in Houghton at the age of 95. Mandela became South Africa's first black president in 1994 after spending 27 years in jail for his activism against apartheid in a racially-divided South Africa (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images) ( 454144795 )
ANC supporters sing and dance to celebrate the life of Nelson Mandela outside his former home in Vilakazi Street, Soweto Township, on December 7, 2013 in Soweto, South Africa. Mandela, also known as Madiba, passed away on the evening of December 5th, 2013 at his home in Houghton at the age of 95. Mandela became South Africa's first black president in 1994 after spending 27 years in jail for his activism against apartheid in a racially-divided South Africa (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images) ( 454144807 )
ANC supporters sing and dance to celebrate the life of Nelson Mandela outside his former home in Vilakazi Street, Soweto Township, on December 7, 2013 in Soweto, South Africa. Mandela, also known as Madiba, passed away on the evening of December 5th, 2013 at his home in Houghton at the age of 95. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images) ( 454144819 )
ANC supporters sing and dance to celebrate the life of Nelson Mandela outside his former home in Vilakazi Street, Soweto Township, on December 7, 2013 in Johannesburg, South Africa. Mandela, also known as Madiba, passed away on the evening of December 5th, 2013 at his home in Houghton at the age of 95. Mandela became South Africa's first black president in 1994 after spending 27 years in jail for his activism against apartheid in a racially-divided South Africa (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images) ( 454144829 )
Wellwishers lay flowers outside the Houghton home of the former South African President Nelson Mandela on December 7, 2013 in Johannesburg, South Africa. Mandela, also known as Madiba, passed away on the evening of December 5th, 2013 at his home in Houghton at the age of 95. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images) ( 454145329 )
A young boy stands next to an image of Nelson Mandela outside of Mandela's home on December 7, 2013 in Johannesburg, South Africa. Mandela, also known as Tata Madiba, passed away on the evening of December 5th at his home in Houghton at the age of 95. Mandela became South Africa's first black president after being jailed for decades for his activism against apartheid in a racially-divided South Africa. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) ( 454145185 )
A vendor sells a framed image of Nelson Mandela outside of Mandela's home on December 7, 2013 in Johannesburg, South Africa. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) ( 454145305 )
A couple embraces as they mourn at a shrine of flowers and candles outside the home of Nelson Mandela on December 7, 2013 in Johannesburg, South Africa. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) ( 454145499 )
A band plays outside the Houghton home of the former South African President Nelson Mandela on December 7, 2013 in Johannesburg, South Africa. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images) ( 454146367 )
A child stands with ANC supporters who were singing and dancing to celebrate the life of Nelson Mandela outside his former home in Vilakazi Street, Soweto Township, on December 7, 2013 in Soweto, South Africa. . (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Gallo Images/Getty Images) ( 454135031 )
People offer prayers on a hill overlooking the city of Johannesburg, South Africa, Saturday Dec. 7, 2013. South Africa is readying itself for the arrival of a flood of world leaders for the memorial service and funeral for Nelson Mandela as thousands of mourners continued to flock to sites around the country Saturday to pay homage to the freedom struggle icon. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong) ( South Africa Mandela Mourning )
A troupe of traditional dancers in the street entertain mourners who have come to pay their respects at Nelson Mandela's old house, in Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa Saturday, Dec. 7, 2013. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) ( APTOPIX South Africa Mandela Mourning )
A cow stands near a sand sculpture of Nelson Mandela made by few Indian students at Sangam, the confluence of the Rivers Ganges, Yamuna, and the mythical Saraswati, in Allahabad, India, Saturday, Dec. 7, 2013. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh) ( India Mandela Global Reax )
People stand beside candles burning beside tributes outside the home of former president Nelson Mandela in Johannesburg, South Africa, Saturday, Dec. 7, 2013. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham) ( South Africa Mandela Mourning )
People leaves messages at the Nelson Mandela Foundations Centre of Memory in Houghton, Johannesburg, on December 7, 2013, two days after South African former president Nelson Mandela's death. Mandela, the revered icon of the anti-apartheid struggle in South Africa and one of the towering political figures of the 20th century, died in Johannesburg on December 5 at age 95. Mandela, who was elected South Africa's first black president after spending nearly three decades in prison, had been receiving treatment for a lung infection at his Johannesburg home since September, after three months in hospital in a critical state. AFP PHOTO / STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN/AFP/Getty Images ( 525268709 )
A child stands with ANC supporters who were singing and dancing to celebrate the life of Nelson Mandela outside his former home in Vilakazi Street, Soweto Township, on December 7, 2013 in Soweto, South Africa. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Gallo Images/Getty Images) ( 454135041 )
A man wearing a t-shirt with a portrait of former South African president Nelson Mandela takes part in a commemorative ceremony outside the late leader's former home in the Orlando West district of Johannesburg on December 7, 2013. AFP PHOTO / Carl de SOUZA/AFP/Getty Images ( 525267197 )
People hold up balloon lamps bearing the image of late former South African president Nelson Mandela during a commemorative ceremony outside the late leader's former home in the Orlando West district of Johannesburg on December 7, 2013. AFP PHOTO / Carl de SOUZA/AFP/Getty Images ( 525268878 )
Candles are placed in front of the images of the late South African leader Nelson Mandela who died two days ago, during a vigil by Palestinians and members of the African community in Old City of Jerusalem on President on December 7, 2013. Palestinian leaders drew on the legacy of Nelson Mandela, a high-profile supporter of their cause, likening his fight against apartheid to their own struggle to end Israeli occupation. AFP PHOTO / AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP/Getty Images ( 525266238 )
Young Indian schoolchildren hold candles and portrait of former South African President Nelson Mandela as they pay tribute to him on hearing of his death, at a school in Ahmadabad, India, Friday, Dec. 6, 2013. Mandela, South Africa's first black president, died Thursday in Johannesburg, South Africa after a long illness. He was 95. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki) ( India Mandela Global Reax )
A man reads, in Soweto on December 6, 2013, a local newspaper, The Star, with the front page dedicated to South African former President Nelson Mandela, following his death in Johannesburg on the eve. Mandela, the revered icon of the anti-apartheid struggle in South Africa and one of the towering political figures of the 20th century, has died aged 95. Mandela, who was elected South Africa's first black president after spending nearly three decades in prison, had been receiving treatment for a lung infection at his Johannesburg home since September, after three months in hospital in a critical state. ALEXANDER JOE/AFP/Getty Images ( 525224225 )
Mourners light candles and lay flowers outside the house of the late South African president Nelson Mandela in Johannesburg, South Africa, 06 December 2013. Nobel Peace Prize winner Nelson Mandela died at age 95, in Johannesburg, South Africa, on 05 December 2013. A former lawyer, Mandela was the first black President of South Africa voted into power after the countries first free and fair democratic elections that witnessed the end of the Apartheid system in 1994. Mandela was founding member of the ANC (African National Congress) and anti-apartheid activist who served 27 years in prison, spending many of these years on Robben Island. In South Africa, Mandela is often known as Tata Madiba, an honorary title adopted by elders of Mandela's clan. Mandela won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993. EPA/DAI KUROKAWA ( SOUTH AFRICA OBIT NELSON MANDELA )
Children carrying a placard walk along Vilikazi street outside late former South African president's Soweto home, where he lived with his wife Winnie Mandela, in Soweto, South Africa, 06 December 2013. Nobel Peace Prize winner Nelson Mandela died at age 95, in Johannesburg, South Africa, on 05 December 2013. A former lawyer, Mandela was the first black President of South Africa voted into power after the country’s first free and fair democratic elections that witnessed the end of the Apartheid system in 1994. Mandela was founding member of the ANC (African National Congress) and anti-apartheid activist who served 27 years in prison, spending many of these years on Robben Island. In South Africa, Mandela is often known as Tata Madiba, an honorary title adopted by elders of Mandela's clan. Mandela won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993. EPA/TJ LEMON ( SOUTH AFRICA NELSON MANDELA OBITUARY )
People pay their respects to former South African president Nelson Mandela, who died yesterday aged 95, outside South Africa House on December 6, 2013 in London, . (Photo by Neil P. Mockford/Getty Images) ( 453929819 )
Delegates stand for a minute of silence for late South African President Nelson Mandela during the draw ceremony for the 2014 soccer World Cup in Costa do Sauipe near Salvador, Brazil, Friday, Dec. 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano) ( Brazil Soccer WCup Draw )
Mourners gather and pray and sing outside the house of the late South African president Nelson Mandela in Johannesburg, South Africa, 06 December 2013. Nobel Peace Prize winner Nelson Mandela died at the age of 95, on 05 December 2013. A former lawyer, Mandela was the first black President of South Africa voted into power after the countries first free and fair democratic elections that witnessed the end of the Apartheid system in 1994. Mandela was founding member of the ANC (African National Congress) and anti-apartheid activist who served 27 years in prison, spending many of these years on Robben Island. In South Africa, Mandela is often known as Tata Madiba, an honorary title adopted by elders of Mandela's clan. Mandela won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993 EPA/KIM LUDBROOK ( SOUTH AFRICA NELSON MANDELA OBIT )
Frontpages of Swedish newspapers depict South Africa's anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela on December 6, 2013 in Stockholm. Former South-African President Mandela, a global colossus and Nobel peace laureate died on December 5, 2013, aged 95. JONATHAN NACKSTRAND/AFP/Getty Images ( 525229187 )
Workers remove French flags from the front entrance of the Quai d'Orsay foreign affairs ministry adorned by a giant portrait of the late Nelson Mandela, in Paris, France, 06 December 2013. Nobel Peace Prize winner Nelson Mandela died at age 95, in Johannesburg, South Africa, on 05 December 2013. A former lawyer, Mandela was the first black President of South Africa voted into power after the countries first free and fair democratic elections that witnessed the end of the Apartheid system in 1994. Mandela was founding member of the ANC (African National Congress) and anti-apartheid activist who served 27 years in prison, spending many of these years on Robben Island. In South Africa, Mandela is often known as Tata Madiba, an honorary title adopted by elders of Mandela's clan. Mandela won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993. EPA/IAN LANGSDON ( FRANCE MANDELA OBIT )
Mourners sing songs outside the house of the late South African president Nelson Mandela in Johannesburg, South Africa, 06 December 2013. Nobel Peace Prize winner Nelson Mandela died at age 95, in Johannesburg, South Africa, on 05 December 2013. A former lawyer, Mandela was the first black President of South Africa voted into power after the countries first free and fair democratic elections that witnessed the end of the Apartheid system in 1994. Mandela was founding member of the ANC (African National Congress) and anti-apartheid activist who served 27 years in prison, spending many of these years on Robben Island. In South Africa, Mandela is often known as Tata Madiba, an honorary title adopted by elders of Mandela's clan. Mandela won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993. EPA/KIM LUDBROOK ( SOUTH AFRICA NELSON MANDELA OBITUARY )
The US flag flies at half-staff at the US Capitol in observance of the death of late South African President Nelson Mandela, in Washington DC, USA, 06 December 2013. Nobel Peace Prize winner Nelson Mandela died at age 95, in Johannesburg, South Africa, on 05 December 2013. A former lawyer, Mandela was the first black President of South Africa voted into power after the countries first free and fair democratic elections that witnessed the end of the Apartheid system in 1994. Mandela was founding member of the ANC (African National Congress) and anti-apartheid activist who served 27 years in prison, spending many of these years on Robben Island. In South Africa, Mandela is often known as Tata Madiba, an honorary title adopted by elders of Mandela's clan. Mandela won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993. EPA/MICHAEL REYNOLDS ( USA SOUTH AFRICA MANDELA OBITUARY )
A couple comforts each other outside the house of the late South African president Nelson Mandela in Johannesburg, South Africa, 06 December 2013. Nobel Peace Prize winner Nelson Mandela died at age 95, in Johannesburg, South Africa, on 05 December 2013. A former lawyer, Mandela was the first black President of South Africa voted into power after the countries first free and fair democratic elections that witnessed the end of the Apartheid system in 1994. Mandela was founding member of the ANC (African National Congress) and anti-apartheid activist who served 27 years in prison, spending many of these years on Robben Island. In South Africa, Mandela is often known as Tata Madiba, an honorary title adopted by elders of Mandela's clan. Mandela won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993. EPA/DAI KUROKAWA ( SOUTH AFRICA OBIT NELSON MANDELA )
Mourners sing and dance to celebrate the life of the late South African president Nelson Mandela outside his home in Johannesburg, South Africa, 06 December 2013. Nobel Peace Prize winner Nelson Mandela died at age 95, in Johannesburg, South Africa, on 05 December 2013. A former lawyer, Mandela was the first black President of South Africa voted into power after the countries first free and fair democratic elections that witnessed the end of the Apartheid system in 1994. Mandela was founding member of the ANC (African National Congress) and anti-apartheid activist who served 27 years in prison, spending many of these years on Robben Island. In South Africa, Mandela is often known as Tata Madiba, an honorary title adopted by elders of Mandela's clan. Mandela won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993. EPA/DAI KUROKAWA ( SOUTH AFRICA MANDELA OBITUARY )
A woman writes a message on a board for the late South African president Nelson Mandela outside his house in Johannesburg, South Africa, 06 December 2013. Nobel Peace Prize winner Nelson Mandela died at age 95, in Johannesburg, South Africa, on 05 December 2013. A former lawyer, Mandela was the first black President of South Africa voted into power after the countries first free and fair democratic elections that witnessed the end of the Apartheid system in 1994. Mandela was founding member of the ANC (African National Congress) and anti-apartheid activist who served 27 years in prison, spending many of these years on Robben Island. In South Africa, Mandela is often known as Tata Madiba, an honorary title adopted by elders of Mandela's clan. Mandela won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993. EPA/DAI KUROKAWA ( SOUTH AFRICA NELSON MANDELA OBITUARY )
A young Indian school girl holds a portrait of former South African president Nelson Mandela as she prays along with others on hearing of his death, at a school in Ahmadabad, India, Friday, Dec. 6, 2013. Mandela, South Africa's first black president, died Thursday in Johannesburg, South Africa after a long illness. He was 95. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki) ( India Mandela Global Reax )
European flags fly at half-staff to honor the memory of Nelson Mandela, at the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Friday, Dec. 6, 2013. Mandela passed away Thursday night after a long illness. He was 95. As word of Mandela's death spread, current and former presidents, athletes and entertainers, and people around the world spoke about the life and legacy of the former South African leader. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert) ( Belgium Mandela Global Reax )
South African children hold placards showing the face of Nelson Mandela as they celebrate his life, in the street outside his old house in Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa, Friday, Dec. 6, 2013. Flags were lowered to half-staff and people in black townships, in upscale mostly white suburbs and in South Africa's vast rural grasslands commemorated Nelson Mandela with song, tears and prayers on Friday while pledging to adhere to the values of unity and democracy that he embodied. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) ( APTOPIX South Africa Mandela Mourning )
Joanna Vignola from London reacts as she lays flowers at the foot of the Nelson Mandela statue in Parliament Square in London, Friday, Dec. 6, 2013. Mandela passed away Thursday night after a long illness. He was 95. As word of Mandela's death spread, current and former presidents, athletes and entertainers, and people around the world spoke about the life and legacy of the former South African leader. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant) ( Britain Mandela Global Reax )
Schoolchildren hold candles near a giant portrait of former South African President Nelson Mandela in Chennai, India, Friday, Dec. 6, 2013. Mandela, who died Dec. 5 at age 95, was considered a master of forgiveness. He became South Africaís first black president after spending nearly a third of his life as a prisoner of apartheid. (AP Photo/Arun Sankar K) ( India Mandela Global Reax )
A man wears his carnival drum group "Batuqueiro do Nelson Mandela" shirt at Mandela shantytown (favela) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on December 6, 2013. The shantytown was named after Mandela to commemorate his discharge from prison in 1990. YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP/Getty Images ( 525233988 )
A woman mourns during a mass celebrated a mass at St Georges Cathedral in Capetown on December 6, 2013 following the death of former South African President Nelson Mandela. Peace icon Nelson Mandela's wrinkled face beamed out from South African newspaper front pages today, as the Rainbow Nation's media strained to mark the momentousness of his death. JENNIFER BRUCE/AFP/Getty Images ( 525225089 )
Indian sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik places flowers on a sand sculpture he made in tribute to former South African president Nelson Mandela at the Golden Sea Beach in Puri, some 65 kilometers away from Bhubaneswar, on December 6, 2013. Mandela, the revered icon of the anti-apartheid struggle in South Africa and one of the towering political figures of the 20th century, has died aged 95. Mandela, who was elected South Africa's first black president after spending nearly three decades in prison, had been receiving treatment for a lung infection at his Johannesburg home since September, after three months in hospital in a critical state. ASIT KUMAR/AFP/Getty Images ( 525229912 )
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