World grieves Nelson Mandela's death at 95

Nelson Mandela's death prompted an outpouring of grief from world leaders and others who honored the beloved South African leader's life and legacy.
Convicted of treason and sentenced to life imprisonment for leading a campaign of sabotage and conspiracy against the government, Mandela spent 27 years behind bars before he was freed in 1990. Yet he was able to help guide an anti-apartheid crusade smuggling messages from the prison. As time passed — the "long, lonely, wasted years," as he said — international awareness of apartheid grew more acute. By the time Mandela turned 70, he was the world's most famous political prisoner and an icon of democracy, freedom and justice, winning a 1993 Nobel Peace Prize and serving as South Africa's first black president.

South African President Jacob Zuma said that Mandela would be given a state funeral and ordered all flags in the nation to be lowered to half mast until after the funeral.
The BBC reported that the funeral will be held next Saturday in the Eastern Cape village of Qunu where Mandela was born. It is thought that Mandela's body will lie in state in Pretoria for three days ahead of that.