Thursday 12 December 2013

Photos: Farewell Mandela. The Soul Of Africa.


South African President Jacob Zuma pays his respects to former South African President Nelson Mandela during the lying in state at the Union Buildings in Pretoria, South Africa, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2013. Behind him is Mandela's widow Graca Machel and right, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, Nelson Mandela's former wife. More pics after cut...


Military officers carry the coffin of former South African president Nelson Mandela to a covered structured outside the Union Buildings in Pretoria where he will lie in state for three days in Pretoria, South Africa, Wednesday, December 11, 2013. (AP Photo/Kim Ludbrook, Pool)
Military officers carry the coffin of former South African president Nelson Mandela to the Union Buildings in Pretoria where he will lie in state for three days in Pretoria, South Africa, Wednesday, December 11, 2013. (AP Photo/Marco Longari, Pool)
A single flower rests on the roof of the car carrying the coffin of former South African president Nelson Mandela as it makes its way through the streets of Pretoria, South Africa, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2013. The body of Nelson Mandela is being taken in procession to the Union Buildings in Pretoria where it will lie in state for three days. Each morning his remains will be transported from the mortuary to the government buildings. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
The procession for former South African president Nelson Mandela makes its way through the streets of Pretoria, South Africa, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2013. The body of Nelson Mandela is being taken in procession to the Union Buildings in Pretoria where it will lie in state for three days. Each morning his remains will be transported from the mortuary to the government buildings. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
Defense force personnel and hospital staff salute a procession for former South African president Nelson Mandela as it leaves the military hospital in Pretoria, South Africa, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2013. The body of Nelson Mandela is being taken in procession to the Union Buildings in Pretoria where it will lie in state for three days. Each morning his remains will be transported from the mortuary to the government buildings. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)
Hospital staff react as the procession for former South African president Nelson Mandela leaves the military hospital in Pretoria, South Africa, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2013. The body of Nelson Mandela is being taken in procession to the Union Buildings in Pretoria where it will lie in state for three days. Each morning his remains will be transported from the mortuary to the government buildings. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)
Defense force personnel and hospital staff salute a procession for former South African president Nelson Mandela as it leaves the military hospital in Pretoria, South Africa, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2013. The body of Nelson Mandela is being taken in procession to the Union Buildings in Pretoria where it will lie in state for three days. Each morning his remains will be transported from the mortuary to the government buildings. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)
The procession for former South African president Nelson Mandela makes its way through the streets of Pretoria, South Africa, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2013. The body of Nelson Mandela is being taken in procession to the Union Buildings in Pretoria where it will lie in state for three days. Each morning his remains will be transported from the mortuary to the government buildings. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
South African mourners sing and chant slogans while waiting for the convoy transporting the body of former president Nelson Mandela to pass by, in Pretoria, South Africa, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2013. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
Soldiers guard the fence which separates the street for the procession for former South African president Nelson Mandela prior to making its way through the streets of Pretoria, South Africa, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2013. The body of Nelson Mandela is being taken in procession to the Union Buildings in Pretoria where it will lie in state for three days. Each morning his remains will be transported from the mortuary to the government buildings. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
People react after the procession for former South African president Nelson Mandela had makes its way through the streets of Pretoria, South Africa, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2013. The body of Nelson Mandela is being taken in procession to the Union Buildings in Pretoria where it will lie in state for three days. Each morning his remains will be transported from the mortuary to the government buildings. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
A man forms a heart when taking part in a march for former President Nelson Mandela outside the Union Buildings in Pretoria Wednesday Dec. 11, 2013, where the body of Mandela lies in state for three days. Each morning his remains will be transported from the mortuary to the government buildings. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
Defense force personnel and hospital staff salute a procession for former South African president Nelson Mandela as it leaves the military hospital in Pretoria, South Africa, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2013. The body of Nelson Mandela is being taken in procession to the Union Buildings in Pretoria where it will lie in state for three days. Each morning his remains will be transported from the mortuary to the government buildings. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)
South African mourners hold posters of former president Nelson Mandela, while chanting slogans as the convoy transporting the body of Nelson Mandela passes by, in Pretoria, South Africa, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2013. Motorcycle-riding police officers escorted the casket Wednesday morning from 1 Military Hospital outside of Pretoria to the Union Buildings. Some Pretoria residents lined the streets to watch the procession go by, singing tributes to Mandela, who died Dec. 5 at age 95. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
The feet of people as they sing and dance to celebrate the life of former South African president Nelson Mandela inside the Methodist church, that he attended as a child at Mqhekezweni , South Africa, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2013. A flag-draped casket containing the body of Nelson Mandela arrived with a military honor guard Wednesday for display in an amphitheater where he was sworn in 19 years ago as South Africa's first black president. (AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam)

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