In pictures: Mandela lying in state
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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.
Invited guests included rock star Bono.
Military personnel carried the coffin to a specially built wooden structure to allow guests to file past.
Crowds of South Africans were bussed in to view the coffin.
The coffin had been transported in the early hours from a military hospital, flanked by military outriders and ambulances.
Small crowds lined the route of the convoy. The coffin was draped in the South African flag.
The day was filled with mixed emotions, some mourners making political statements.
Others carried on the celebrations that had characterised Tuesday's memorial in Soweto.
While others were overcome with grief at the sight of the anti-apartheid hero's coffin.