The state funeral for Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu has taken place in Cape Town, South Africa, with only 100 mourners allowed inside St. George's Cathedral because of COVID-19 rules. The anti-apartheid hero and human rights activist who died December 26 at the age of 90 had been suffering with prostate cancer.
South Africa Bids Final Farewell to Archbishop Desmond Tutu

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Mpho Tutu, sits with the coffin of her father Anglican Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu during his funeral at the St. George's Cathedral in Cape Town, South Africa, Jan. 1, 2022.

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Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, Thabo Makgoba, left, greets widow Leah Tutu at the funeral of Anglican Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu in St. George's Cathedral in Cape Town, South Africa, Jan. 1, 2022.

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Relatives hug in front of the casket carrying the remains of Anglican Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu after it was put in a hearse following his funeral service at the St. George's Cathedral in Cape Town, South Africa, Jan.1, 2022.

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Tutu's family members are seen outside the cathedral at the end of the funeral service for Anglican Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu at St. George's Cathedral in Cape Town, South Africa, Jan. 1, 2022.