FuneralMandela9

FuneralMandela9

The coffin of South African former president Nelson Mandela is carried out of a makeshift tent for a traditional burial during his funeral in Qunu on December 15, 2013. South Africa’s first black president Nelson Mandela received a tearful state funeral at his childhood village of Qunu on Sunday, followed by a traditional burial attended by family and friends. 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. AFP PHOTO / POOL / FELIX DLANGAMANDLA