World reacts to Mandela's passing
Dijon Anderson of Bowie, Md., photographs his son Keaton, 10, in front of a statue of Nelson Mandela at the South African embassy in Washington D.C., Dec. 5, 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.
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People release paper lanterns after lighting them outside Madiba, a restaurant named in honor of former South African President Nelson Mandela, in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Dec. 5, 2013.
South African anti-apartheid hero Mandela died at age 95 in 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.
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Tibetan spiritual leader The Dalai Lama is helped by others as he enters a patio to attend a function in New Delhi, Dec. 6, 2013.
The Dalai Lama joined scores of personalities in expressing his feelings at the passing of revered South African icon Nelson Mandela of South Africa's anti-apartheid struggle and a towering figure of 20th century politics who died on December 5 aged 95.


















