In pictures: Mandela lying in state

Jacob Zuma, Graca Machel and Winnie Mandela approach Nelson Mandela's coffin

Relatives, colleagues and the public have queued up to pay their final respects to Nelson Mandela in Pretoria, where his body is lying in state.

Bono and his wife Ali Hewson (L) walk with Zelda La Grange (2nd R), former assistant to Nelson Mandela, after viewing the coffin in Pretoria, 11 December

Invited guests included rock star Bono.

Military personnel carry the remains of the late Nelson Mandela at the Union Buildings in Pretoria, 11 December

Military personnel carried the coffin to a specially built wooden structure to allow guests to file past.

People sit on a bus that will transport them to view the body of Nelson Mandela on 11 December

Crowds of South Africans were bussed in to view the coffin.

A soldier guards a closed road as military outriders escort the funeral cortege carrying the coffin of former South African President Nelson Mandela close to the Union Buildings in Pretoria December 11

The coffin had been transported in the early hours from a military hospital, flanked by military outriders and ambulances.

The hearse carrying the coffin of former South African President Nelson Mandela travels through a street of Pretoria December 11

Small crowds lined the route of the convoy. The coffin was draped in the South African flag.

A mourner shouts Viva Mandela by a portrait of Nelson Mandela soon after the coffin of former South African President Nelson Mandela travelled through a street in Pretoria, December 11

The day was filled with mixed emotions, some mourners making political statements.

People sing and dance in the street after watching a procession carrying Nelson Mandela's coffin on 11 December

Others carried on the celebrations that had characterised Tuesday's memorial in Soweto.

People cry after bidding farewell to South African former president Nelson Mandela lying in state at the Union Buildings in Pretoria on 11 December

While others were overcome with grief at the sight of the anti-apartheid hero's coffin.