Mandela remembered
December 06, 2013 11:00 pm
• Last Updated: December 06, 2013 10:42 pm
Above, mourners gather at a makeshift memorial outside the home of Nelson Mandela in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Friday. After months of vigil as the former South African president weakened, far from public view, people rose on Friday to mourn him and to ponder his life.
Mandela remembered
People around the world mourn the passing of Nelson Mandela, the first black South African president, who died Thursday at age 95.
Right, at a school in Ahmadabad, India, children hold candles and portraits of Mandela on Friday as they pay tribute to him on hearing of his death. Mandela, South Africa's first black president, died Thursday in Johannesburg after a long illness. He was 95. See story, more photos on A2.
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