World mourns passing of Mandela

Updated: 2013-12-06 13:47

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World mourns passing of Mandela

England's captain Alastair Cook (R) and his team stand as they observe a minute of silence to commemorate former South African President Nelson Mandela's death before starting the second day's play in their second Ashes cricket test against Australia at the Adelaide Oval Dec 6, 2013. South African anti-apartheid hero Mandela died aged 95 at his Johannesburg home on Thursday after a prolonged lung infection, plunging his nation and the world into mourning for a man hailed by global leaders as a moral giant. [Photo/Agencies]

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