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Family, world leaders and celebrities pay their last respects to Nelson Mandela

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Nelson Mandela's widow Graca Machel pays her respects to the former South African President Nelson Mandela at the lying in state at the Union Buildings in Pretoria, South Africa, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2013.Marco Longari/The Associated Press

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Graca Machel (front 2nd R), the widow of former South African President Nelson Mandela, views his coffin as he lies in state at the Union Buildings in Pretoria December 11, 2013.Reuters

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Winnie Mandela, ex-wife of former South African President Nelson Mandela, looks down while viewing his coffin as he lies in state at the Union Buildings in Pretoria December 11, 2013.Reuters

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South African President Jacob Zuma pays his respects at the coffin of former South African President Nelson Mandela, as Mandela lies in state at the Union Buildings in Pretoria December 11, 2013.Reuters

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Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe and his wife Grace Mugabe (R) hold hands as they walk away after paying their respects at the coffin of former South African President Nelson Mandela, which is lying in state, at the Union Buildings in Pretoria December 11, 2013.Reuters

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Former South African president Thabo Mbeki (R) walks on after paying his respects at the coffin of former South African President Nelson Mandela as he lies in state at the Union Buildings in Pretoria December 11, 2013.Reuters

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British supermodel Naomi Campbell reacts after viewing the coffin of former South African President Nelson Mandela as he lies in state at the Union Buildings in Pretoria December 11, 2013.Reuters

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Musician Bono walks between his wife Ali Hewson (L) and Zelda La Grange (R), former assistant of former South African President Nelson Mandela, after viewing his coffin as he lies in state at the Union Buildings in Pretoria December 11, 2013.Reuters

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Women wave South African national flags before the cortege carrying the coffin of former South African President Nelson Mandela passes by, in the city centre of Pretoria December 11, 2013, on its way to the Union Buildings, where the anti-apartheid hero will lie in state for three days.RONEN ZVULUN/Reuters

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Military personnel carry the remains of the late Nelson Mandela at the Union Buildings in Pretoria, December 11, 2013.POOL/Reuters

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The South African flag flies at half-staff in front of the white stage cover where the body of Nelson Mandela lies in state at the Union Buildings grounds in Pretoria, South Africa, Wednesday Dec. 11, 2013.Peter Dejong/The Associated Press

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South African mounted police patrol at the Union Buildings grounds in Pretoria, South Africa, Wednesday Dec. 11, 2013.Peter Dejong/The Associated Press

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South African army soldiers stand in formation as they wait to start marching in Pretoria, South Africa, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2013.Bernat Armangue/The Associated Press

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People react as the hearse carrying the coffin of former South African President Nelson Mandela travels through a street in Pretoria, December 11, 2013, on its way to the Union Buildings, where his coffin will lie in state for three days.YVES HERMAN/Reuters

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