People queue to respect at the coffin of former South African President Nelson Mandela at the Union Buildings in Pretoria, South Africa, on Dec. 11, 2013. Thousands of South Africans on Wednesday thronged to the Union Buildings in Pretoria where the body of former South African president Nelson Mandela will lie in state for three days. (Xinhua/Li Qihua)

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