A military officer lowers the flag to half mast outside the Embassy of South Africa in Washington Dec 5, 2013. South African anti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela died peacefully at home at the age of 95 on Thursday after months fighting a lung infection, plunging his nation and the world into mourning for a man revered as a moral giant. [Photo/Agencies] |
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