SAFRICA-MANDELA

A banner showing South African former president Nelson Mandela is seen behind people during the Nelson Mandela Memorial service at the Nelson Mandela Bay stadium in Port Elizabeth on December 13, 2013. The last day of Nelson Mandela’s formal lying in state on Friday in Pretoria was overwhelmed by mourners desperate to say a final, personal farewell to the anti-apartheid icon. 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 PHOTO / MICHAEL SHEEHAN