World mourns passing of Mandela

Updated: 2013-12-06 13:47

(Agencies)


World mourns passing of Mandela

A girl holds a South African national flag as people mourn the death of former President Nelson Mandela outside Cape Town City Hall, where Mandela made his first speech after his release from his 27-year incarceration, Dec 6, 2013. South African anti-apartheid hero Mandela died peacefully at home at the age of 95 on Thursday after months fighting a lung infection, plunging his nation and the world into mourning for a man revered as a moral giant. [Photo/Agencies]

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