The World bids farewell to South African former president Nelson Mandela

 Neslon Mandela's widow Graca Machel bids farewell to South African former president Nelson Mandela lying in state.

 Nelson Mandela's widow Graca Machel bids farewell to South African former president Nelson Mandela.

Jacob Zuma, South Africa's current president, was joined by Mandela's widow Graca Michel, dressed in black, at the site.

 Winnie Mandela, ex-wife of former South African President Nelson Mandela, looks down while viewing his coffin as he lies in state at the Union Buildings in Pretoria.

Winnie Mandela, ex-wife of former South African President Nelson Mandela, looks down as she cries after viewing his coffin as he lies in state at the Union Buildings in Pretoria.

Winnie Mandela, ex-wife of former South African President Nelson Mandela, wipes off tears after viewing his coffin as he lies in state at the Union Buildings in Pretoria.

 South African President Jacob Zuma (C) pays respect in front of the coffin of former South African President Nelson Mandela.

 South African former President Thabo Mbeki.

Zimbabwean dictator Robert Mugabe also joined the crowds at the viewing.

Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapaksa.

Bono went to pay his respects to the late leader along with his wife Ali Hewson, left, and Mandela's former assistant Zelda le Grange, right.

 Top model Naomi Campbell cries after see.

 South African wait for the funeral cortege.

 Military outriders escort funeral cortege carrying the coffin of former South African President Mandela leaves 1 Military Hospital on outskirts of Pretoria.

 Military outriders escort funeral cortege carrying coffin of former South African President Mandela through a street of Pretoria.

 A South African military helicopter patrols over the 1 Military Hospital on the outskirts of Pretoria.

 The hearse carrying the coffin of former South African President Nelson Mandela travels through a street of Pretoria.

 Military outriders escort funeral cortege carrying coffin of former South African President Mandela through a street of Pretoria.

 The funeral cortege carrying the coffin.

 Soliders salutes as the funeral cortege.

The funeral cortege carrying the coffin of former South African President Mandela leaves the Military Hospital on the outskirts of Pretoria.

 A soldier guards a closed road as military outriders escort the funeral cortege carrying the coffin of Mandela in Pretoria.

South Africans wait for the funeral cortege of South African former president Nelson Mandela in Pretoria

 Military personnel prepare to carry the remains of the late Nelson Mandela at the Union Buildings in Pretoria.

 Military personnel prepare to carry the remains of the late Nelson Mandela at the Union Buildings in Pretoria.

 Military personnel prepare to carry the remains of the late Nelson Mandela at the Union Buildings in Pretoria.

Thousands of mourners lined the streets of South Africa this morning as Nelson Mandela's body was moved to lie in state in the capital - inside the building which once housed the apartheid government he fought for five decades.

South Africans formed a guard of honour for their former president this morning as his body was transported through Pretoria in a casket draped in the national flag, in a hearse surrounded by outriders, to lie in state for the first of three days.

This morning Mandela's grandson Mandla visited his open casket in the government's Union Buildings, followed by his second wife Winnie Madikizela-Mandela and third wife Graca Machel, as well as South Africa's current president Jacob Zuma.

His remains will be moved each day, for three days, between the Military Hospital in Pretoria to the Government's Union Buildings.

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