• Nelson Mandela’s widow Graca Machel wipes her tears during his funeral ceremony in 2013 in Qunu. Picture: REUTERS

  • President Jacob Zuma speaks during the funeral ceremony for former president Nelson Mandela in Qunu on Sunday. Picture: REUTERS

  • President Jacob Zuma, Nelson Mandela's ex-wife Winnie Madikizela-Mandela (left) and Mandela’s widow Graca Machel (right) attend Mandela's funeral ceremony in Qunu on Sunday. Picture: REUTERS

  • Ahmed Kathrada, close friend of former president Nelson Mandela, speaks during Mandela's funeral ceremony in Qunu in 2013. Picture: REUTERS

  • Former president Nelson Mandela’s coffin arrives on a gun carriage for his funeral ceremony in Qunu on Sunday. Picture: GCIS

  • British entrepreneur Richard Branson and US TV host Oprah Winfrey attend Nelson Mandela’s funeral ceremony in Qunu on Sunday. Picture: REUTERS

  • Nelson Mandela’s ex-wife Winnie Madikizela-Mandela (left) and widow Graca Machel (centre) during his funeral ceremony in Qunu on Sunday. Picture: REUTERS

  • Britain’s Prince Charles (left) speaks to Norway's former prime minister Jens Stoltenberg as they arrive for the state funeral of Nelson Mandela in Qunu in December last year. Picture: REUTERS

  • Nelson Mandela’s granddaughter Nandi Mandela speaks at the funeral ceremony in Qunu on Sunday. Picture: REUTERS

  • Members of the military stand guard during the funeral of former president Nelson Mandela in Qunu on Sunday. Picture: REUTERS

  • Archbishop Desmond Tutu and former president Thabo Mbeki greet each other before the funeral ceremony of former president Nelson Mandela in Qunu on Sunday. Picture: REUTERS

  • Nelson Mandela’s daughter Zindzi (left) attends her father’s funeral ceremony in Qunu on Sunday. Picture: REUTERS

  • Southern African Development Community chairperson Joyce Banda speaks at former president Nelson Mandela’s funeral ceremony in Qunu on Sunday. Picture: REUTERS

  • Nelson Mandela’s widow Graca Machel (centre) and President Jacob Zuma (left) attend Mandela's funeral ceremony in Qunu in December last year. Picture: REUTERS

  • Former president Nelson Mandela’s funeral service in Qunu on Sunday. Picture: GCIS

  • Former president Nelson Mandela’s funeral ceremony in Qunu on Sunday. Picture: REUTERS

  • Nelson Mandela’s grandson Ndaba Mandela reads the obituary at Mandela’s funeral ceremony in Qunu on Sunday. Picture: REUTERS

  • Bishop Ziphozihle Siwa. Picture: REUTERS

  • Former president of Zambia Kenneth Kaunda speaks during the funeral ceremony for former South African President Nelson Mandela in Qunu on Sunday. Picture: REUTERS

  • Former president Nelson Mandela’s coffin arrives on a gun carriage for his funeral ceremony in Qunu on Sunday. Picture: GCIS

  • Former president Thabo Mbeki is greeted by ANC supporters attending the funeral ceremony of former president Nelson Mandela in Qunu on Sunday. Picture: REUTERS

  • Ethiopia's Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn speaks during the funeral ceremony for former president Nelson Mandela in Qunu on Sunday. Picture: REUTERS

  • Nelson Mandela’s grandson Mandla Mandela is seen at the funeral service in Qunu on Sunday. Picture: REUTERS

  • Officers leave a frame on the coffin of former president Nelson Mandela during the funeral ceremony in Qunu on Sunday. Picture: REUTERS

  • Former president Nelson Mandela’s funeral service in Qunu on Sunday. Picture: GCIS

  • Army helicopters fly over the grave of former president Nelson Mandela within the Mandela family’s property in the village of Qunu, in the Eastern Cape, on Sunday. Picture: REUTERS

  • Candles are lit under a portrait of Nelson Mandela at his state funeral in Qunu on Sunday. Picture: REUTERS

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Images from the state funeral of former president Nelson Mandela in Qunu in the Eastern Cape.