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Open Image ModalMilitary officers carry the coffin of former South African president Nelson Mandela to a covered structured outside the Union Buildings in Pretoria where he will lie in state for three days in Pretoria, South Africa, Wednesday, December 11, 2013. (AP Photo/Kim Ludbrook, Pool) (credit:AP)
(02 of25)
Open Image ModalMilitary officers carry the coffin of former South African president Nelson Mandela arrives at the Union Buildings in Pretoria for the three-day lying in state in Pretoria, South Africa, Wednesday, December 11, 2013. (AP Photo/Kim Ludbrook, Pool) (credit:AP)
(03 of25)
Open Image ModalMilitary officers carry the coffin of former South African president Nelson Mandela arrives at the Union Buildings in Pretoria for the three-day lying in state in Pretoria, South Africa, Wednesday, December 11, 2013. (AP Photo/Kim Ludbrook, Pool) (credit:AP)
(04 of25)
Open Image ModalMilitary officers carry the coffin of former South African president Nelson Mandela arrives at the Union Buildings in Pretoria for the three-day lying in state in Pretoria, South Africa, Wednesday, December 11, 2013. (AP Photo/Kim Ludbrook, Pool) (credit:AP)
(05 of25)
Open Image ModalMilitary officers carry the coffin of former South African president Nelson Mandela arrives at the Union Buildings in Pretoria for the three-day lying in state in Pretoria, South Africa, Wednesday, December 11, 2013. (AP Photo/Kim Ludbrook, Pool) (credit:AP)
(06 of25)
Open Image ModalMilitary officers carry the coffin of former South African president Nelson Mandela arrives at the Union Buildings in Pretoria for the three-day lying in state in Pretoria, South Africa, Wednesday, December 11, 2013. (AP Photo/Kim Ludbrook, Pool) (credit:AP)
(07 of25)
Open Image ModalThe coffin of former South African president Nelson Mandela arrives at the Union Buildings in Pretoria for the three-day lying in state in Pretoria, South Africa, Wednesday, December 11, 2013. (AP Photo/Kim Ludbrook, Pool) (credit:AP)
(08 of25)
Open Image ModalMilitary officers salute as the coffin of former South African president Nelson Mandela arrives at the Union Buildings in Pretoria where he will lie in state for three days in Pretoria, South Africa, Wednesday, December 11, 2013. (AP Photo/Marco Longari, Pool) (credit:AP)
(09 of25)
Open Image ModalMilitary officers carry the coffin of former South African president Nelson Mandela into the Union Buildings in Pretoria where he will lie in state for three days in Pretoria, South Africa, Wednesday, December 11, 2013. (AP Photo/Marco Longari, Pool) (credit:AP)
(10 of25)
Open Image ModalThe coffin of former South African president Nelson Mandela arrives at the Union Buildings in Pretoria where he will lie in state for three days in Pretoria, South Africa, Wednesday, December 11, 2013. (AP Photo/Marco Longari, Pool) (credit:AP)
(11 of25)
Open Image ModalMilitary officers carry the coffin of former South African president Nelson Mandela into the Union Buildings in Pretoria where he will lie in state for three days in Pretoria, South Africa, Wednesday, December 11, 2013. (AP Photo/Marco Longari, Pool) (credit:AP)
(12 of25)
Open Image ModalThe coffin of former South African president Nelson Mandela arrives at the Union Buildings in Pretoria where he will lie in state for three days in Pretoria, South Africa, Wednesday, December 11, 2013. (AP Photo/Marco Longari, Pool) (credit:AP)
(13 of25)
Open Image ModalMilitary officers carry the coffin of former South African president Nelson Mandela to the Union Buildings in Pretoria where he will lie in state for three days in Pretoria, South Africa, Wednesday, December 11, 2013. (AP Photo/Marco Longari, Pool) (credit:AP)
(14 of25)
Open Image ModalMilitary officers carry the coffin of former South African president Nelson Mandela to the Union Buildings in Pretoria where he will lie in state for three days in Pretoria, South Africa, Wednesday, December 11, 2013. (AP Photo/Marco Longari, Pool) (credit:AP)
Nelson Mandela(15 of25)
Open Image ModalA single flower rests on the roof of the car carrying the coffin of former South African president Nelson Mandela as it makes its way through the streets of Pretoria, South Africa, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2013. The body of Nelson Mandela is being taken in procession to the Union Buildings in Pretoria where it will lie in state for three days. Each morning his remains will be transported from the mortuary to the government buildings. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) (credit:AP)
SAFRICA-MANDELA-PROCESSION(16 of25)
Open Image ModalPeople sing and dance before watching former South African President Nelson Mandela's coffin being transported to the Union Buldings on December 11, 2013, marking the start of a three-day lying in state in Pretoria. 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. Mandela, who was elected South Africa's first black president after spending nearly three decades in prison, had been receiving treatment for a lung infection at his Johannesburg home since September, after three months in hospital in a critical state. AFP PHOTO / ROBERTO SCHMIDT (Photo credit should read ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
(17 of25)
Open Image ModalMilitary officers carry the coffin of former South African president Nelson Mandela to the Union Buildings in Pretoria where he will lie in state for three days in Pretoria, South Africa, Wednesday, December 11, 2013. (AP Photo/Marco Longari, Pool) (credit:AP)
SAFRICA-MANDELA-PROCESSION(18 of25)
Open Image ModalMilitary officers carry the coffin of South African former president Nelson Mandela to the Union Buildings marking the start of a three-day lying in state in Pretoria on December 11, 2013. 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 / MARCO LONGARI (Photo credit should read MARCO LONGARI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
SAFRICA-MANDELA-PROCESSION(19 of25)
Open Image ModalMilitary officers carry the coffin of South African former president Nelson Mandela to the Union Buildings marking the start of a three-day lying in state in Pretoria on December 11, 2013. 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 / MARCO LONGARI (Photo credit should read MARCO LONGARI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
SAFRICA-MANDELA-PROCESSION(20 of25)
Open Image ModalMilitary officers carry the coffin of South African former president Nelson Mandela to the Union Buildings marking the start of a three-day lying in state in Pretoria on December 11, 2013. 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 / MARCO LONGARI (Photo credit should read MARCO LONGARI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
SAFRICA-MANDELA-PROCESSION(21 of25)
Open Image ModalOfficers salute as the coffin of South African former president Nelson Mandela is taken to the Union Buildings marking the start of a three-day lying in state in Pretoria on December 11, 2013. 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 / MARCO LONGARI (Photo credit should read MARCO LONGARI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
SAFRICA-MANDELA-PROCESSION(22 of25)
Open Image ModalPolicemen take position along a street in Pretoria before former South African President Nelson Mandela's coffin is transported to the Union Buldings on December 11, 2013, marking the start of a three-day lying in state. 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. Mandela, who was elected South Africa's first black president after spending nearly three decades in prison, had been receiving treatment for a lung infection at his Johannesburg home since September, after three months in hospital in a critical state. AFP PHOTO / FILIPPO MONTEFORTE (Photo credit should read FILIPPO MONTEFORTE/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
SAFRICA-MANDELA-PROCESSION(23 of25)
Open Image ModalMilitary officers carry the coffin of South African former president Nelson Mandela to the Union Buildings marking the start of a three-day lying in state in Pretoria on December 11, 2013. 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 / MARCO LONGARI (Photo credit should read MARCO LONGARI,MARCO LONGARI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
SAFRICA-MANDELA-PROCESSION(24 of25)
Open Image ModalOfficers carry the coffin of South African former president Nelson Mandela to the Union Buildings marking the start of a three-day lying in state in Pretoria on December 11, 2013. 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 / MARCO LONGARI (Photo credit should read MARCO LONGARI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
SAFRICA-MANDELA-PROCESSION(25 of25)
Open Image ModalThe funeral cortege carrying the coffin of South African former president Nelson Mandela arrives to the Union Buildings marking the start of a three-day lying in state in Pretoria on December 11, 2013. 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 / MARCO LONGARI (Photo credit should read MARCO LONGARI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)