Mr Nelson Mandela Laid to rest [funeral in pictures ]
A state funeral for Nelson Mandela in his ancestral home of Qunu ends a week of commemorations for South Africa's first black president. Mr Mandela was laid to rest following a short graveside sermon by Bishop Siwa. As a military bugler played the Last Post, followed by Reveille, the pall bearers saluted and then withdrew as did the cameras, allowing the Mandela family a private moment at the graveside. THE FUNERAL IN PICTURES During the funeral Jacob Zuma told the country it was incumbent on them to carry on Mandela's legacy The final journey: Nelson Mandela's coffin was carried by coffin bearers in Qunu, the late South African leader's childhood home The funeral service was held in a huge tent, its interior draped in bl...