NELSON MANDELA FUNERAL SERVICE IN PICTURES AS HE LAID TO REST YESTERDAY 15TH DEC, 2013 IN QUNU

Candles are lit under a portrait of former South African President Mandela before his funeral ceremony in Qunu

Desmond Tutu (R) and former South African President Thabo Mbeki greet each other

Prince Charles arrives for the funeral ceremony of former South African President Mandela in Qunu

Prince Charles talks with Norway's former PM Stoltenberg as they arrive for the funeral ceremony of former South African President Mandela in Qunu

The funeral service of late South African President Nelson Mandela

Oprah Winfrey, her husband Stedman Graham (L) and English businessman Richard Branson (R) watching the funeral service

Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams was there in funeral

The widow of Nelson Mandela Graca Machel, wipes her tears from her eyes

Nandi Mandela, talking during the funeral service of late Nelson Mandela

Oprah Winfrey attends the funeral of former South African President Nelson Mandela

The coffin carrying former South African President Nelson Mandela is escorted in his funeral ceremony in Qunu

Chief Ngangomhlaba Matanzima speaks during funeral of former South African President Mandela in his ancestral village of Qunu

The widow of former South African President Nelson Mandela, Graca Machel, and South Africa President Jacob Zuma attend Mandela's funeral ceremony in Qunu

The funeral procession carrying the coffin

Jacob Zuma (2nd L), the ex-wife of former South African President Nelson Mandela, Winnie Mandela (L), and the widow of Mandela, Graca Machel (3rd L), sit by the coffin of Mandela

Mandla Mandela, grandson of former South African President Nelson Mandela, is seen during grandfather's funeral in ancestral village of Qunu

A 21 gun salute is fired as the funeral procession carrying the coffin of South African President Nelson Mandela moves inside his compound for the funeral ceremony in Qunu

members of the South African armed forces standing around the coffin of late South African former President Nelson Mandela before it is lowered

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