Desmond Tutu laid to rest at state funeral in Cape Town

Ceremony takes place in cathedral the South African cleric and Nobel laureate turned into centre of struggle against racial injustice

Just after noon, as the voices of the choir filled the cathedral, the mourners stood, bowed their heads in the direction of the plain wooden casket and then filed out on to Cape Town's streets.

The requiem mass for Desmond Tutu, who died aged 90 six days ago, had lasted much of the morning, long enough for a celebration of a life that has inspired tens of millions around the world, a final farewell from his compatriots, and for the unexpected rainclouds that had shrouded his home city overnight to clear.