Former South African President Nelson Mandela was laid to rest in Qunu, South Africa, Dec. 14.
CNN reported that a military escort accompanied Mandela’s coffin to the burial site and took off the national flag that draped his casket. The funeral and burial were the culmination of 10 days of national mourning for him.
Mandela’s widow, Graca Machel; his ex-wife, Winnie Mandela; and luminaries such as Oprah Winfrey, Prince Charles and mogul Richard Branson attended the event.
Mandela died Dec. 5 after a period of declining health..
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