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    Nelson Mandela: Front-page gallery

    How newspapers and magazines reported the loss of an icon

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    <p>A newspaper seller displays copies of Kenya&#8217;s Daily Nation, which devoted its entire front page to the death of former South African leader and anti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela, as he sells papers to passing commuters, in Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, Dec. 6, 2013. Copies were in short supply and selling quickly Friday morning, street vendors said, after Daily Nation, one of Kenya&#8217;s leading newspapers, delayed publication to include the late-breaking news of Mandela&#8217;s death. Mandela, who became one of the world&#8217;s most beloved statesmen died Thursday at age 95. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)</p>

    A newspaper seller displays copies of Kenya’s Daily Nation, which devoted its entire front page to the death of former South African leader and anti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela, as he sells papers to passing commuters, in Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, Dec. 6, 2013. Copies were in short supply and selling quickly Friday morning, street vendors said, after Daily Nation, one of Kenya’s leading newspapers, delayed publication to include the late-breaking news of Mandela’s death. Mandela, who became one of the world’s most beloved statesmen died Thursday at age 95. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

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