Former South African President Mandela Laid to Rest

Members of the military leave a frame on the coffin of former South African President Nelson Mandela during his funeral in Qunu, Dec. 15, 2013. 

South Africa's President Jacob Zuma, the ex-wife of Nelson Mandela, Winnie Mandela, and the widow of Mandela, Graca Machel, sit by his coffin during his funeral in Qunu, Dec. 15, 2013.

Graca Machel, Nelson Mandela's widow, attends his funeral in Qunu, Dec. 15, 2013. 

Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, Nelson Mandela's former wife, and his widow Graca Machel, center, walk from the funeral service to the burial site in Qunu, Dec. 15, 2013.

The coffin of Nelson Mandela is taken to the burial site in Qunu, Dec. 15, 2013. 

The coffin of Nelson Mandela is escorted by the military to the funeral in Qunu, Dec. 15, 2013. 

د ډیر ښه هنرمند په توگه د گرامي د څلورو جایزو له گټلو وروسته سم سمیت د خوشالۍ په ترڅ کې.

 

Nelson Mandela's coffin arrives at the family gravesite for burial at his ancestral village of Qunu, Dec. 15, 2013. 

Lance Bombardier Fumani Bulebesi holds one of the canon shells fired for Nelson Mandela's 21-gun salute, Dec. 15, 2013.  (Hannah McNeish for VOA)

A screengrab from the South African Broadcasting Corporation shows members of the South African armed forces standing around the coffin of Nelson Mandela before it is lowered into the ground, Dec. 15, 2013.

Pumane Ngocwane travelled for 12 hours to get to Qunu, South Africa and made a dress for Mandela's funeral as she wanted to be on his soil as he was lowered into his grave, Dec. 15, 2013. Hannah McNeish for VOA.

Local women sit at a public viewing point near the burial ground of Nelson Mandela ahead of his funeral in Qunu, Dec. 15, 2013. 

A Zulu man sings and dances after the funeral of Nelson Mandela in Qunu, Dec. 15, 2013. 

A Zulu man plays a bugle after the funeral of Nelson Mandela in Qunu, Dec. 15, 2013.