The world’s media said goodbye to Nelson Mandela with messages on front pages marking the death of one of world’s greatest-ever moral leaders.

Here are some of the tributes, now on the record, marking the death of an icon and symbol of the end of apartheid, courtesy of in TheMirror and TheTelegraph.

South Africa’s Daily Voice newspaper has a photo of a smiling Mandela with the headline “Hamba kahle tata Madiba” – Goodbye, rest in peace.

The Cape Argus also bears Mandela’s face, headlined simply with the dates of his birth and death.

In the U.K., the Daily Mirror and the Telegraph both use a photo of Mandela looking out from a shadow into the light.

The Independent accompanies a picture of Mandela smiling into the camera with the words: “To be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.”

The Sun declares the former South African leader “President of the World.”

The Daily Mail describes his passing as the “Death of a colossus.”

The Times quotes South African President Jacob Zuma announcing Mandela’s death: “Our father has gone.”

The Sowetan has the message “Goodbye Tata” under an image of Mandela waving.

The front page of the Cape Times is rimmed in black with the dates of Mandela’s life.

The Daily News says “Farewell Dear Friend.”

The Daily Dispatch shows a smiling Mandela under the headline: “Madiba is dead” and a front page obituary.

The Star shows Mandela with a tear in his eye under the headline, “The World Weeps.”

The New York Times front page has a simple portrait of Mandela and the words, “South Africa’s Conqueror of Apartheid As Fighter, Prisoner, President and Symbol.”

The Washington Post shows Mandela revisiting his prison cell with the headline: “A nation’s healer Is dead.”

The New York Daily News bids “Farewell, dear friend.” An opinion piece inside says his life was “so epic that children who read about him in history books will wonder whether it could really be true.”

The Chicago Tribune carries Mandela’s smiling face and the headline, “Powerful Voice of Reconciliation.”

The New Yorker uses art to commemorate Mandela with an oil painting entitled “Madiba” by Kadir Nelson.

The Huffington Post‘s media section actually had a story devoted to The New Yorker’s Mandela cover, entitled, “New Yorker’s Stunning Nelson Mandela Tribute Cover.”

Time Magazine, which featured the anti-Apartheid hero many times on its cover over the years, produced a special edition under the headline: “Protester. Prisoner. Peacemaker.” www.time.com

The Los Angeles Times says Mandela was a “revered symbol of racial reconciliation around the world.” In a 4,000-word obituary the newspaper says he was “an inspiration to millions.” It praises his “humility and dignity,” and also the way he “sometimes chafed at the saintlike celebrity that cloaked him late in life.”

ABC devotes its front page to a single close-up of Mandela and the headline: “Goodbye to a hero of the 20th century. ”

El Mundo also him farewell with the headline, “Goodbye to the liberator” and a photo of him waving. www.elmundo.es

In The Netherlands, Volkskrant used a photo rather than a headline, showing Mandela’s face and clenched fist to capture his spirit. http://krant.ad.nl/

“Mandela, universal symbol of human resilience,” was the headline on NRC Handelsblad.