Global leaders attend Mandela's memorial service

Pakistani President Mamnoon Hussain (C) arrives at Waterkloof Airforce Base in Pretoria on December 9, 2013 to attend the memorial service of former South African President Nelson Mandela tomorrow. Mandela, the revered icon of the anti-apartheid struggle in South Africa and one of the towering political figures of the 20th century, died in Johannesburg on December 5 at age 95.  (AFP)



Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe and wife of Zimbabwe's President Grace Mugabe (C) arrive at Waterkloof Airforce Base in Pretoria on December 9, 2013 to attend the memorial service of former South African President Nelson Mandela tomorrow. Mandela, the revered icon of the anti-apartheid struggle in South Africa and one of the towering political figures of the 20th century, died in Johannesburg on December 5 at age 95. (AFP)


Malawi's President Joyce Banda arrives at Waterkloof Airforce Base in Pretoria on December 9, 2013 to attend the memorial service of former South African President Nelson Mandela tomorrow. Mandela, the revered icon of the anti-apartheid struggle in South Africa and one of the towering political figures of the 20th century, died in Johannesburg on December 5 at age 95.  (AFP)




Chad President Idriss Deby (L) is welcomed by an official upon his arrival at Waterkloof Airforce Base in Pretoria on December 9, 2013 to attend the memorial service of former South African President Nelson Mandela tomorrow. Mandela, the revered icon of the anti-apartheid struggle in South Africa and one of the towering political figures of the 20th century, died in Johannesburg on December 5 at age 95.  (AFP)

South African Nobel laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu speaks during a memorial service for late South African former president Nelson Mandela at the Nelson Mandela Foundation on December 9, 2013 in Johannesburg. Nelson Mandela was like a "magician" who conjured a united nation out of a country teetering on the brink of war, Tutu said on december 9. World leaders will travel to South Africa and shed historic rivalries to pay tribute at the extended state funeral of the South African freedom icon on December 15. (AFP)

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden (C) visits a memorial to former South African President Nelson Mandela with his wife, Dr. Jill Biden (L) and South African Ambassador Ebrahim Rasool (R) outside the South African Embassy December 9, 2013 in Washington, DC. U.S. President Barack Obama departed Washington earlier today to fly to a memorial service for Mandela scheduled to be held tomorrow. (Getty Images/AFP)

People stand in front of a picture of late South African president Nelson Mandela set in front of the South African Parliament on December 9, 2013, in Cape Town, on the eve of a memorial ceremony for the anti-apartheid icon who died on December 5, 2013. South Africa raced Monday to meet the unprecedented logistical challenge of hosting close to 100 world leaders flying in from every corner of the globe for the state funeral of freedom icon Nelson Mandela. (AFP)




Tributes and flowers are laid at the base of a statue of late former South African president Nelson Mandela in Parliament Square in central London on December 9, 2013. South Africa raced to meet the unprecedented logistical challenge of hosting close to 100 world leaders flying in from every corner of the globe for the state funeral of freedom icon Nelson Mandela. All three surviving former British premiers are to join current Prime Minister David Cameron at a massive memorial service for Mandela.  (AFP)

People gather around tributes and flowers laid at the base of a statue of late former South African president Nelson Mandela in Parliament Square in central London on December 9, 2013. South Africa raced to meet the unprecedented logistical challenge of hosting close to 100 world leaders flying in from every corner of the globe for the state funeral of freedom icon Nelson Mandela. All three surviving former British premiers are to join current Prime Minister David Cameron at a massive memorial service for Mandela.  (AFP)

Tributes and flowers are laid at the base of a statue of late former South African president Nelson Mandela in Parliament Square in central London on December 9, 2013. South Africa raced to meet the unprecedented logistical challenge of hosting close to 100 world leaders flying in from every corner of the globe for the state funeral of freedom icon Nelson Mandela. All three surviving former British premiers are to join current Prime Minister David Cameron at a massive memorial service for Mandela.  (AFP)

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