World reacts to Mandela's passing

Dijon Anderson of Bowie, Md., photographs his son Keaton, 10, in front of a statue of Nelson Mandela at the South African embassy in Washington D.C., Dec. 5, 2013.

South African anti-apartheid hero Mandela died aged 95 at his Johannesburg home on Thursday after a prolonged lung infection, plunging his nation and the world into mourning for a man hailed by global leaders as a moral giant.

Brooklyn, N.Y.

People release paper lanterns after lighting them outside Madiba, a restaurant named in honor of former South African President Nelson Mandela, in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Dec. 5, 2013.

South African anti-apartheid hero Mandela died at age 95 in his Johannesburg home on Thursday after a prolonged lung infection, plunging his nation and the world into mourning for a man hailed by global leaders as a moral giant.

London

Flowers and tributes are left on the Nelson Mandela statue on Parliament Square in London, Dec. 6, 2013.

Cape Town, South Africa

A girl holds a South African national flag as people mourn the death of former President Nelson Mandela outside Cape Town City Hall, where Mandela made his first speech after his release from his 27-year incarceration, Dec. 6, 2013.

London

Flowers and tributes to former South African President Nelson Mandela are laid outside South Africa House in central London, Dec. 6, 2013.

Soweto, South Africa

People read a newspaper on Vilakazi Street in Soweto, where former South African President Nelson Mandela resided when he lived in the township, Dec. 6, 2013.

London

Flowers and tributes to former South African President Nelson Mandela are laid outside South Africa House in central London, Dec. 6, 2013.

London

Two people sing at a gathering in memory of Nelson Mandela outside the South African High Commission across from Trafalgar Square in London, Dec. 5, 2013.

New Delhi, India

Tibetan spiritual leader The Dalai Lama is helped by others as he enters a patio to attend a function in New Delhi, Dec. 6, 2013.

The Dalai Lama joined scores of personalities in expressing his feelings at the passing of revered South African icon Nelson Mandela of South Africa's anti-apartheid struggle and a towering figure of 20th century politics who died on December 5 aged 95.

Johannesburg

South Africa's President Jacob Zuma waves at a group of mourners outside the Johannesburg home of former president Nelson Mandela, Dec. 6, 2013.

Los Angeles, Calif.

Minister Kimberly Binion and other members of the First AME Church Freedom Mass Choir sing the South African National Anthem in honor of the late former South African President and anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela, whose image appears on the left, during choir rehearsal in Los Angeles, Calif., December 5, 2013.

New York City

People photograph the marquee at the historic Apollo Theater, announcing the death of former South African President and civil rights champion Nelson Mandela, in the Harlem neighborhood of the Manhattan borough of New York, Dec. 5, 2013 .

Johannesburg, South Africa

A man pays his respects outside the residence of former South African President Nelson Mandela in Johannesburg, Dec. 6, 2013.

Dakar, Senegal

A Senegalese man reads newspapers front pages paying tribute to late President Nelson Mandela displayed at a newsstand in Dakar, Senegal, Dec. 6, 2013.

Stockholm, Sweden

Swedish newspapers with frontpages depicting South Africa's anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela are on display at a newspapers shop in Stockholm, Dec. 6, 2013.

Johannesburg, South Africa

People react, outside the home of former South African president Nelson Mandela, in Johannesburg, Dec. 6, 2013.

Johannesburg, South Africa

A group of mourners sing and dance outside the home of former president Nelson Mandela in Johannesburg, South Africa, Dec. 6, 2013.

Soweto, South Africa

Two women console each other outside Vilakazi Street in Soweto, South Africa, where former South African President Nelson Mandela resided when he lived in the township, Dec. 6, 2013.

Washington D.C.

News crews gather around a statue of former South African President Nelson Mandela outside the South African Embassy in Washington, D.C., Dec. 5, 2013.