Mandela: World icon

The New Yorker pays tribute to the anti-apartheid icon and South Africa’s first black president, Nelson Mandela.

Nelson Mandela spoke to all generations.

For Britain’s "The Sun" newspaper, Mandela was a modern-day “warrior” whose legend lives on.

On Friday, Mandela’s image was splashed across newspaper front pages around the world.

In India, a man takes in the news of Mandela’s passing.

Flowers outside the South African embassy in Beijing.

Candles and messages outside his former home in Soweto, which is a museum to his legacy.

In Johannesburg, South Africans write a final farewell to the father of their "Rainbow Nation".

The Apollo Theatre in Harlem changed its famed billboard in remembrance of Mandela, who "changed our world".

A young man holds up a candle in front of a portrait of the South African leader in Harlem, New York.