Copenhagen, Denmark. 8th December 2013 -- All people were welcome to
join the Nelson Mandela tribute at Christians Church and this woman
looks like she has a good time even though they a gathered because of
sad circumstances. Gonzales Photo/Martin Flt. -- Hundreds gather in
Christians Church in Copenhagen to pay tribute and honour the
anti-apartheid revolutionary Nelson Mandela after his death. Image: Gonzales Photography, Copenhagen, Denmark
Apostolic
church members sing as they celebrate the life of former president
Nelson Mandela near his home in Qunu, South Africa, Sunday, Dec. 8,
2013. South Africans flocked to houses of worship for a national day of
prayer and reflection to honor former President Nelson Mandela, starting
planned events that will culminate in what is expected to be one of the
biggest funerals in modern times. Image: AP
Church goers dance in a circle as they celebrate the life of former
president Nelson Mandela near his home in Qunu, South Africa, Sunday,
Dec. 8, 2013. South Africans flocked to houses of worship for a national
day of prayer and reflection to honor former President Nelson Mandela,
starting planned events that will culminate in what is expected to be
one of the biggest funerals in modern times. Image: AP
Mourners attend an early morning church service in memory of Nelson
Mandela at the Regina Mundi church, which became one of the focal points
of the anti-apartheid struggle, in Soweto, Johannesburg, People in
South Africa are taking part in a day of "prayer and reflection" for
late President Nelson Mandela. Image: AP
Winnie
Madikizela-Mandela, left, Nelson Mandela's former wife, greets
worshippers at the Bryanston Methodist Church in Bryanston suburb of
Johannesburg, South Africa, Sunday Dec. 8, 2013. South Africa is
readying itself for the arrival of a flood of world leaders for the
memorial service and funeral for Nelson Mandela as thousands of mourners
continued to flock to sites around the country Saturday to pay homage
to the freedom struggle icon. Image: AP
Karen Chickerling of South Africa looks up at the statue of Nelson
Mandela along with her daughter Kayla in front of the South African
Embassy in Washington, DC Friday, December 6, 2013. Mandela died Thursday night at the age of 95. Image: Ken Cedeno
Vilakazi Street, Soweto, South Africa: South African children react to
the passing of Nelson Mandela, signing their names and wishes on
placards of the icon, outside his home in Vilakazi Street, Soweto. Image: Louis Gubb, Soweto, South Africa
Flowers seen below Nelson's statue at South Bank in London. -- Hundreds
of floral tributes were laid by Nelson Mandela's statue at Parliament
Square and outside the South African Embassay following the passing of
the former president on the first day of national day of prayer held in
South Africa.Date: Sunday, December 8, 2013. Image: David Mbiyu
At the South African Embassy in Brussels, Belgium people gather with flowers and text at the window of the embassy Sunday, December 8, 2013. Image: Sander de Wilde
Seattle, United States. 7th December 2013 -- A crowd of around 100
attend a candlelight vigil at the Seattle Center's International
Fountain to honor the late Nelson Mandela. The former president of South
Africa and anti-apartheid revolutionary died at the age of 95. --
Approximately one hundred people gathered at the International Fountain
in Seattle to honor the late Nelson Mandela. The former president of
South Africa and anti-apartheid revolutionary died on December 5, 2013,
at the age of 95.Image: Ted Hammond
An unidentified man signs a book of condolences at the South African Embassy in Washington, DC Friday, December 6, 2013. Image: Ken Cedeno
Islamabad Journalist Pay Tribute to Mandela, Islamabad, Pakistan. 7th December 2013 -- Participants observed one
minute of silence as they pay tribute to Mandela. AJK PM and leaders
from AJK and PFUJ laid flowers on the Photo of Mandela and candles were
lightened. -- Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) has termed
the life and struggle of Nelson Mandela, as a symbol of all struggle for
the cause of "freedom" and said, there is more to learn from his "Long
Walk to Freedom, " than to mourn his death.Image: Taseen Farooq
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