In pictures: The life of Archbishop Desmond Tutu

Archbishop Desmond Tutu was a much-loved figure around the world - principally for his role in South Africa's struggle against apartheid. Here, we look back on the life of the Nobel Peace Prize winner, who has died aged 90.

Desmond Tutu received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984 for his non-violent fight against white minority rule in South Africa

Tutu, with his wife Leah is at his side, laughs after being appointed Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town in 1986

Tutu, the first black Archbishop of Cape Town, visiting Kagiso township, west of Johannesburg, circa 1990

Tutu applauds as he watches Nelson Mandela and South African President FW de Klerk receive the Nobel Peace Prize for ending Apartheid in South Africa, 1993

Archbishop Tutu with the Queen and South African President Nelson Mandela (right) in Cape Town in 1995

Tutu took to the stage during the London Celebrates A Decade Of South African Freedom celebrations in 2004. He told a cheering crowd: "We are free. We are free."

During the launch of his biography, Tutu: The Authorised Portrait, in 2011, the Archbishop danced at St George's Cathedral in Cape Town - the day before his 80th birthday

Tutu was for decades a friend of former South African President Nelson Mandela, and became emotional while speaking at his funeral in 2013

In 2013, then-US President Barack Obama took a tour of the Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation Youth Centre in Cape Town

Spiritual leader Dalai Lama seen here in 2015 sharing his birthday cake with Tutu at the Tibetan Children's Village School in Dharmsala, India

Archbishop Tutu met Harry and Meghan - the Duke and Duchess of Sussex - and their baby son Archie Mountbatten-Windsor in 2019

Leah Tutu dances next to her husband (right, seated) during a church service to celebrate his 90th birthday in Cape Town, 2021

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