South Africa mourns the death of anti-apartheid icon Desmond Tutu

People line up to pay their respect for Anglican Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu at the St. George's Cathedral Friday, Dec. 31, 2021, where he will lie in state for a second day in Cape Town, South Africa. Tutu, the Nobel Peace Prize-winning activist for racial equality and LGBT rights died Sunday at the age of 90.

General Secretary of the South African Council of Churches, Bishop Malusi Maphumlwana delivers the sermon during an interfaith service in honor of South African anti-Apartheid icon Archbishop Desmond Tutu at St Albans Cathedral in Pretoria on Dec. 30, 2021.

Worshippers attend a memorial service for Anglican Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu at the St. Mary's Cathedral in Johannesburg, South Africa, Thursday, Dec. 30, 2021. Tutu, the Nobel Peace Prize-winning activist for racial equality and LGBT rights died Sunday at the age of 90.

The coffin of Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu is carried from St. George's Cathedral where he laid in state for the first of two days in Cape Town, South Africa, Thursday, Dec. 30, 2021. Tutu, the Nobel Peace Prize-winning activist for racial equality and LGBT rights died Sunday at the age of 90.

A man helps a clergyman with flowers as they make their way to a memorial service for Anglican Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu outside the Tutu home in Soweto, Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2021. The Nobel Peace Prize-winning activist for racial equality and LGBT rights died Sunday at the age of 90.

A prayer is said in memory of Anglican Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu inside St. George's Cathedral, in Cape Town, South Africa, Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2021.

People take selfies at a mural by artist Brian Rolfe depicting the late Anglican Archbishop Emeritus, Desmond Tutu in Cape Town, South Africa, Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2021. The funeral service for Tutu, who died Sunday at the age of 90, will be held on New Years Day.

Flowers are placed on a fence surround a portrait of former Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu outside St. George's Cathedral in Cape Town, South Africa, Monday, Dec. 27, 2021. At midday bells are rung to honor Tutu, a day after his death.

A woman is comforted outside the historical home of Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu, in Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa, Monday, Dec. 27, 2021. South Africa's president says Tutu, South Africa's Nobel Peace Prize-winning activist for racial justice and LGBT rights and the retired Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, died Sunday at the age of 90.

The City Hall in Cape Town, South Africa, is lit up in purple on Sunday, Dec. 26, 2021, in memory of Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu.

An image depicting the late South African Nobel Peace Price Archbishop Desmond Tutu and the late South African President and Nobel Peace prize laureate Nelson Mandela raising their fists hangs in the main hall of the Cape Town City Centre while Anglican archbishop of Cape Town Thabo Makgoba, Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis, Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure Patricia De Lille and Mamphela Ramphele give a press conference on the passing of Desmond Tutu on Dec. 26, 2021 at the Cape Town City Centre in Cape Town. South African anti-apartheid icon Desmond Tutu, described as the country's moral compass, died on December 26, 2021, aged 90, President Cyril Ramaphosa said.

A woman cries at St. Georges Cathedral, where a Wall of Remembrance for of Desmond Tutu, Nobel Peace Laureate, has been set up after the news of his death, on Dec. 26, 2021 Cape Town.

Geordin Hill-Lewis, Cape Town Mayor signs the memorial book at St. Georges Cathedral, where a Wall of Remembrance for of Desmond Tutu, Nobel Peace Laureate, has been set up after the news of his death, on December 26, 2021 Cape Town.

Graffiti art depicting the late South African Nobel Peace Prize Archbishop Desmond Tutu is seen on a wall in a street in Cape Town CBD on Dec. 26, 2021.

People lay flowers beneath a picture of the late South African Nobel Peace Price Archbishop Desmond Tutu on the wake of his death outside St. George's Cathedral in Cape Town on Dec. 26, 2021.

A poster of South African anti-apartheid icon Archbishop Desmond Tutu hangs at the Methodist Church after the news of his death, in Cape Town on December 26, 2021.

A woman stands outside the the historical home of Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu, in Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa, Sunday, Dec. 26, 2021.

South Africa's players line up during a minute of silence in memory of Desmond Tutu ahead of a Test Cricket match between South Africa and India at Centurion Park in Pretoria, South Africa, Sunday, Dec. 26, 2021.

People take photos at a statue of Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu at the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town, South Africa, Sunday, Dec. 26, 2021. South Africa's president says Tutu, South Africa's Nobel Peace Prize-winning activist for racial justice and LGBT rights and the retired Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, has died at the age of 90.