Nelson Mandela - Celebrating his life (Pictures)

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Winnie Mandela doing the ironing at home in Soweto

 

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Winnie Mandela at a funeral of a 19-year-old stabbed to death by a prison warder in Brandfort in 1985

Graça Machel (left) with Winnie Madikizela-Mandela during Nelson Mandela's 90th birthday celebrations in 2008. Photograph: Gianluigi Guercia/AFP/Getty Images

 

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Nelson and Winnie Mandela married in 1958, but he soon went underground and in 1962 he was captured and put on trial. Photograph: Api/Gamma-Rapho via Getty

 

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A choir sings hymns during a special service in the honor of Mandela on December 8 at the Holy Family Church in the West Bank city of Ramallah. Palestinians mourned Mandela as a loyal champion of their cause.






























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World reacts to Mandela's death

 

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Mandela is honored at the the Grammy Nominations concert at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles on December 6.


















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Tourists offer floral tributes near a sand sculpture of Mandela on a beach in Puri, India, on December 6.

 

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A woman cleans up outside the South African Embassy in Beijing where portraits of Mandela and flowers offered by people are placed on December 6.

 

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British Prime Minister David Cameron signs the book of condolence at the South African Embassy in central London following the announcement of Mandela's death.








European Union flags fly at half-staff at the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, on December 6.

 

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A light installation depicting Mr Mandela has been projected onto Cape Town's famous Table Mountain

 

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Relatives, colleagues and the public have queued up to pay their final respects to Nelson Mandela in Pretoria, where his body is lying in state

Invited guests included rock star Bono​

 

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Military personnel carried the coffin to a specially built wooden structure to allow guests to file past

Crowds of South Africans were bussed in to view the coffin

The coffin had been transported in the early hours from a military hospital, flanked by military outriders and ambulances​

 

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Small crowds lined the route of the convoy. The coffin was draped in the South African flag

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The day was filled with mixed emotions, some mourners making political statements

Others carried on the celebrations that had characterised Tuesday's memorial in Soweto

While others were overcome with grief at the sight of the anti-apartheid hero's coffin​

 

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People in South Africa are observing a day of prayer and reflection for their late president and anti-apartheid hero, Nelson Mandela
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President Jacob Zuma, seen here holding a newly baptised child, sat with Winnie Mandela at the Bryanston Methodist Church in Johannesburg. In his address, he urged South Africans not to forget the values Mr Mandela had held to.

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This couple brought their baby to Bryanston Methodist Church wrapped in the flag of the African National Congress (ANC), once led by Mr Mandela

Members of the ANC had also gathered at an arena in Johannesburg for a prayer and memorial event.

At the Regina Mundi Catholic Church in Soweto - closely associated with the anti-apartheid movement - the service took place beneath a stained glass window depicting Mr Mandela's release from prison after 27 years​

 

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Huge piles of flowers and tributes have been left outside Mr Mandela's home in the Houghton area of Johannesburg, where he died on Thursday after several months of ill health

A large group of bikers were among those coming to pay tribute on Sunday​

 

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Away from the big cities, smaller church services also remembered Mr Mandela, including Qunu, where he will be buried next Sunday

These cricket fans, attending a match in Durban between South Africa and India, brought their own tribute​

 

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Mr Mandela has also been honoured in church services around the world, including here at the Holy Family Church in the West Bank city of Ramallah

And in London, hundreds of people have left flowers by the statue of Nelson Mandela near the Houses of Parliament. The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby led a service of thanksgiving for Mr Mandela nearby

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There had been fears people would be turned away, but the heavy rain left areas of the 95,000 capacity stadium empty

The service is held in front of a vociferous crowd in the FNB stadium

Archbishop Desmond Tutu addresses the stadium, asking the crowd to be quiet - he "wants to hear a pin drop".

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