Reaction to Nelson Mandela’s death
Mourners from Nigeria sing outside the home of former South African President Nelson Mandela in Johannesburg, South Africa. Scores of heads of state and government and other foreign dignitaries, including royalty, are beginning to converge on South Africa as the final preparations for Tuesday’s national memorial service for Mandela are put in place. (Themba Hadebe / Associated Press)
Reaction to Nelson Mandela’s death from Washington, D.C., to Johannesburg, South Africa. Article: Mandela: A life devoted to liberty
Bokamoso, 4, warms her hands over candles placed between flowers outside of the home of former South African President Nelson Mandela in Johannesburg. (Markus Schreiber / Associated Press)
Malika is lifted by her mother to kiss a statue of former South African President Nelson Mandela before a service conducted by Archbishop Desmond Tutu at the Nelson Mandela Foundation in Johannesburg, South Africa. (Christopher Furlong / Getty Images)
Archbishop Desmond Tutu addresses a crowd during a remembrance ceremony for the late Nelson Mandela held at the Nelson Mandela Foundation in Houghton, in Johannesburg, South Africa. (Ian Langsdon / EPA)
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Vice President Joe Biden signs a book of condolences for former South African President Nelson Mandela at the South African Embassy in Washington, D.C. (Win McNamee / Getty Images)
A young boy watches as a military convoy takes positions near the home and where the late former South African President Nelson Mandela will be buried in Qunu, South Africa. Scores of heads of state and government and other foreign dignitaries, including royalty, are beginning to converge on South Africa as the final preparations for Tuesday’s national memorial service for liberation struggle icon Nelson Mandela are put in place. (Antoine de Ras / Associated Press)
Children carrying a placard walk along Vilikazi street outside the late Nelson Mandela’s Soweto home in South Africa. (TJ Lemon / EPA)
A woman holding a candle and a rose cries outside the house of former South African President Nelson Mandela following his death in Johannesburg. (ALEXANDER JOE / AFP/Getty Images)
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Tributes are placed at the foot of a statue of Nelson Mandela in Parliament Square in London. (Peter Macdiarmid / Getty Images)
Schoolchildren hold candles near a giant portrait of former South African President Nelson Mandela in Chennai, India. (Arun Sankar K / Associated Press)
A woman cleans up outside the South African Embassy where portraits of former South African President Nelson Mandela and flowers offered by people are placed in Beijing. (Andy Wong / Associated Press)
Pakistani children hold candles while sitting around a portrait of late South African President Nelson Mandela in Karachi, Pakistan. (Fareed Khan / Associated Press)
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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. (Ajit Solanki / Associated Press)
A Palestinian demonstrator holds portraits of late South African Leader Nelson Mandela and late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat as he stands in front of an Israeli soldier during the weekly demonstration against Israel’s separation barrier in the West Bank village of Bilin. (Majdi Mohammed / Associated Press)
South Africans hold pictures of former President Nelson Mandela as they pay tribute after his death in Johannesburg. (Alexander Joe / AFP/Getty Images)
South Africans hold a candlelight vigil outside the house of former President Nelson Mandela. (Alexander Joe / AFP/Getty Images)
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South Africans pay tribute to Mandela. (Alexander Joe / AFP/Getty Images)
Candles burn for Mandela outside his home. (Denis Farrell / Associated Press)
News crews gather around a statue of Mandela outside the South African Embassy in Washington. (Win McNamee / Getty Images)
The U.N. Security Council observes a minute of silence upon the news of Mandela’s death. (Eskinder Debebe / AFP/Getty Images)