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 Neslon Mandela's widow Graca Machel bids farewell to South African former president Nelson Mandela lying in state
 Nelson Mandela's widow Graca Machel bids farewell to South African former president Nelson Mandela
 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

Winnie Mandela, ex-wife of former South African President Nelson Mandela, looks down as she cries after viewing his coffin as he lies in state at the Union Buildings in Pretoria
Winnie Mandela, ex-wife of former South African President Nelson Mandela, wipes off tears after viewing his coffin as he lies in state at the Union Buildings in Pretoria
 South African President Jacob Zuma (C) pays respect in front of the coffin of former South African President Nelson Mandela

 South African former President Thabo Mbeki
Zimbabwean dictator Robert Mugabe also joined the crowds at the viewing
Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapaksa
Bono went to pay his respects to the late leader along with his wife Ali Hewson, left, and Mandela's former assistant Zelda le Grange, right
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 South African wait for the funeral cortege
 Military outriders escort funeral cortege carrying the coffin of former South African President Mandela leaves 1 Military Hospital on outskirts of Pretoria

 Military outriders escort funeral cortege carrying coffin of former South African President Mandela through a street of Pretoria
 A South African military helicopter patrols over the 1 Military Hospital on the outskirts of Pretoria
 The hearse carrying the coffin of former South African President Nelson Mandela travels through a street of Pretoria
 Military outriders escort funeral cortege carrying coffin of former South African President Mandela through a street of Pretoria
 The funeral cortege carrying the coffin
 Soliders salutes as the funeral cortege
The funeral cortege carrying the coffin of former South African President Mandela leaves the Military Hospital on the outskirts of Pretoria
 A soldier guards a closed road as military outriders escort the funeral cortege carrying the coffin of Mandela in Pretoria
South Africans wait for the funeral cortege of South African former president Nelson Mandela in Pretoria

 Military personnel prepare to carry the remains of the late Nelson Mandela at the Union Buildings in Pretoria
 Military personnel prepare to carry the remains of the late Nelson Mandela at the Union Buildings in Pretoria
 Military personnel prepare to carry the remains of the late Nelson Mandela at the Union Buildings in Pretoria
Thousands of mourners lined the streets of South Africa this morning as Nelson Mandela's body was moved to lie in state in the capital - inside the building which once housed the apartheid government he fought for five decades.


South Africans formed a guard of honour for their former president this morning as his body was transported through Pretoria in a casket draped in the national flag, in a hearse surrounded by outriders, to lie in state for the first of three days.


This morning Mandela's grandson Mandla visited his open casket in the government's Union Buildings, followed by his second wife Winnie Madikizela-Mandela and third wife Graca Machel, as well as South Africa's current president Jacob Zuma.

His remains will be moved each day, for three days, between the Military Hospital in Pretoria to the Government's Union Buildings.

Images via Mirror & Daily Mail