Nelson Mandela goes home:1918 – 2013

The Flag covered coffin carrying the body of former South African President Nelson Mandela is taken from his home in Johannesburg, South Africa, this morning as his beloved country began eight days of mourning

Our Smiling Hero

Mandela walks hand-in-hand with his wife Winnie out of Victor Verster Prison near Cape Town, a free man after 27 years of imprisonment

Magical moment: On May 10 1994, in the nation’s capital Pretoria, Nelson Mandela was sworn in as the first democratically elected President and gave the nation hope

A man of Hope, Africa’s father and a symbol of freedom looks on

Nelson Mandela seated next to current South African president Jacob Zuma at his home in April this year as he struggled with ill health

Goodbye Tata

Prime Minister David Cameron signs the book of condolence at the South African Embassy in central London this morning, and called him the ‘hero of our time’

Mandiba goes home

South Africans unite in grief

The Union and South African flags fly at half mast in Downing Street today while the Queen has also asked for the same to happen at Buckingham Palace

People gather to read about his life in the papers in Soweto

People gather on Vilakazi Street in the black township of Soweto, where Mandela lived during the 1940s and 1950s

The United Nations Security Council observes a minute of silence upon the news of the noted peacemaker’s death