FuneralMandela

FuneralMandela

Norway’s former Prime MinisterJens Stoltenberg (R) stands near the coffin of South African former president Nelson Mandela being taken to the burial site 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 / ODD ANDERSEN