The best front-page tributes to Nelson Mandela from around the world

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On Thursday, Dec. 5, 2013, the immortal human rights icon Nelson Mandela laid his head down on his pillow for the last time. As word quickly spread across the globe that the Nobel Peace Prize winner had transitioned to a higher plane of consciousness, the world’s newspapers and magazines bestowed a colorful tribute to the man who transformed the political landscape of his home country of South Africa as well as around the planet.

Take a look.


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