South Africa's former president Nelson Mandela gestures from the gallery at the opening of parliament in Cape Town February 11, 2010. Chanting "Viva, Nelson Mandela, Viva," thousands of South Africans on Thursday marked the 20th anniversary of Mandela's release, when the anti-apartheid icon walked to freedom after 27 years as a political prisoner.
Nelson Mandela: A Life in Pictures
