A girl holds a candle during a service for former South African President Nelson Mandela, at the Regina Mundi Church in Soweto, South Africa, Dec 8, 2013.
The Empire State Building is lit up in the colors of the South African flag in memoriam of Nelson Mandela's death, in New York Dec 6, 2013.
Former South African President Nelson Mandela died peacefully at his Johannesburg home on Thursday after a prolonged lung infection.
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A US flag flies at at half-mast on Capitol Hill following Mandela's death, in Washington DC, Dec 5.
South African anti-apartheid hero Mandela died peacefully at home at the age of 95 on Thursday after months fighting a lung infection, leaving his nation and the world in mourning for a man revered as a moral giant.
African National Congress (ANC) vice-president, Nelson Mandela, addresses a capacity crowd at a rally in Port Elizabeth in this April 1, 1990 file photo. Mandela has passed away on December 5, 2013 at the age of 95.
The Wall of Honor was unveiled in Cape Town on Wednesday to allow people to place well-wish cards and notes for ailing former South African president Nelson Mandela.
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Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela is known worldwide for his struggle to overthrow white racism in South Africa for 50 years (1944-1994) and winning the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts. He spent 27 years in prison from 1962- to 1990, and finally became the first black president of the country, bringing a unified and democratic South Africa.
The prison cell where Nelson Mandela was housed remains empty on March 15, 2009 on Robben Island near Cape Town, South Africa.
US President Barack Obama tours the cell block on Robben Island where Nelson Mandela was held captive near Cape Town, June 30, 2013.
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