Mandela's body lay in state at the Union Buildings in Pretoria from 11 to 13 December. A state funeral was held on 15 December in Qunu in the Eastern Cape, where his body was buried. Members of the public paying their respects outside Mandela's Houghton home.

Nelson Mandela's funeral is held in his boyhood village in Qunu, attended by family, friends and dignitaries.

Dec 14, 2013 · Surrounded by Kings, Presidents and Heads of State, Nelson Mandela begins his final rest.

Dec 15, 2013 · Mandela died December 5 at his home in Houghton at the age of 95. People watch the funeral on a giant screen in Qunu. Planes fly overhead during the burial. The casket leaves the funeral ceremony...

Dec 15, 2013 · A state funeral for Nelson Mandela in his ancestral home of Qunu ends a week of commemorations for South Africa's first black president.

Dec 13, 2013 · Here’s what to expect as 10 days of mourning for South Africa’s anti-apartheid icon and former leader Nelson Mandela conclude with his state funeral Sunday.

Dec 15, 2013 · Mandela died December 5 at his home in Houghton at the age of 95. People watch the funeral on a giant screen in Qunu. Planes fly overhead during the burial. The casket leaves the funeral...

Dec 15, 2013 · Nelson Mandela’s funeral began with speeches, choirs and television cameras in a cavernous dome housing thousands, and it ended almost six hours later with a simpler moment at his family...

Dec 15, 2013 · The most moving tribute, and perhaps the one that best summed up how much of South Africa has felt since Mandela’s death on the evening of Dec. 5, was from Ahmed Kathrada, 84, imprisoned in...

Dec 15, 2013 · Mandela was buried near his ancestral home, ending 10 days of national mourning and global tributes for the prisoner-turned-president who transformed his country and inspired the world.