‘We looked up to him’: South Africa begins week of mourning for Desmond Tutu

The beloved anti-apartheid hero will lie in state for two days in Cape Town before a funeral on 1 January

Thousands of South Africans will pause to remember the anti-apartheid icon Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who died on Sunday aged 90, every day this week as bells are rung at churches across the country for 10 minutes at noon.

Tributes to Tutu, described as the moral compass" of his country, have poured in from around the world since his death in a Cape Town care home, as a series of events commemorating his life and achievements begin.