Archbishop Desmond Tutu was a much-loved figure around the world - principally for his role in South Africa's struggle against apartheid. Here, we look back on the life of the Nobel Peace Prize winner, who has died aged 90.
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Desmond Tutu received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984 for his non-violent fight against white minority rule in South Africa
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Tutu, with his wife Leah is at his side, laughs after being appointed Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town in 1986
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Tutu, the first black Archbishop of Cape Town, visiting Kagiso township, west of Johannesburg, circa 1990
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Tutu applauds as he watches Nelson Mandela and South African President FW de Klerk receive the Nobel Peace Prize for ending Apartheid in South Africa, 1993
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Archbishop Tutu with the Queen and South African President Nelson Mandela (right) in Cape Town in 1995
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Tutu took to the stage during the London Celebrates A Decade Of South African Freedom celebrations in 2004. He told a cheering crowd: "We are free. We are free."
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During the launch of his biography, Tutu: The Authorised Portrait, in 2011, the Archbishop danced at St George's Cathedral in Cape Town - the day before his 80th birthday
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Tutu was for decades a friend of former South African President Nelson Mandela, and became emotional while speaking at his funeral in 2013
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In 2013, then-US President Barack Obama took a tour of the Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation Youth Centre in Cape Town
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Spiritual leader Dalai Lama seen here in 2015 sharing his birthday cake with Tutu at the Tibetan Children's Village School in Dharmsala, India
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Archbishop Tutu met Harry and Meghan - the Duke and Duchess of Sussex - and their baby son Archie Mountbatten-Windsor in 2019
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Leah Tutu dances next to her husband (right, seated) during a church service to celebrate his 90th birthday in Cape Town, 2021
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