The state funeral for Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu has taken place in Cape Town, South Africa, with only 100 mourners allowed inside St. George's Cathedral because of COVID-19 rules. The anti-apartheid hero and human rights activist who died December 26 at the age of 90 had been suffering with prostate cancer.
South Africa Bids Final Farewell to Archbishop Desmond Tutu
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A general view of the state funeral of late Archbishop Desmond Tutu at St. George's Cathedral in Cape Town, South Africa, Jan. 1, 2022.
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The coffin is carried out of the cathedral at the end of the funeral service for Anglican Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu in St. George's Cathedral in Cape Town, South Africa, Jan. 1, 2022.
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Joy Ngoma, granddaughter of late Archbishop Desmond Tutu, embraces a family member in front of a remembrance wall, outside the St. Georges Cathedral, in Cape Town, South Africa, Dec. 31, 2021.