Earlier in the week, on November 18, 2017, protesters demanding that President Robert Mugabe stand down cheered as an army helicopter flew over the crowd, as they gathered in front of an army cordon on the road leading to State House in Harare, Zimbabwe. In a euphoric gathering that just days before would have drawn a police crackdown, crowds marched through Zimbabwe's capital to demand the departure of President Robert Mugabe, one of Africa's last remaining liberation leaders, after nearly four decades in power. #

Pastors from the Apostolical Holy Church sing and pray for their country on top of a large rock known locally as "God's Footprint" on the outskirts of Harare, Zimbabwe, on November 19, 2017. A day after huge crowds rallied peacefully in the capital for 93-year-old President Robert Mugabe to step down, Zimbabweans around the country attended Sunday church services praying for peace and the future of their country. #

A Zimbabwean Defence Force soldier poses for a selfie with two women as they take part in a march in the streets of Harare, on November 18, 2017, to demand that Mugabe step down. #

On November 19, 2017, Zimbabweans watch a televised address to the nation by President Robert Mugabe, who had been placed under house arrest earlier in the week, at a bar in downtown Harare. #

Zimbabweans react as they watch a television broadcasting an address by President Robert Mugabe at Harare Sports Club on November 19, 2017. Many Zimbabweans expected Mugabe to resign after the army seized power, but Mugabe delivered his speech alongside the uniformed generals who were behind the military intervention. In his address, Mugabe made no reference to the clamor for him to resign. #

Zimbabwean Army General Constantino Chiwenga, center, speaks to the media at KG6 barracks in Harare, Zimbabwe, on November 20, 2017. At the time, the military had held President Robert Mugabe under house arrest for several days, and urged for calm. #

A man accused of supporting President Mugabe is thrown into the back of a pickup truck on November 21, 2017, outside the Parliament House, as Parliament prepared to start impeachment proceedings against the president. #

On November 21, 2017, Zimbabwe's Speaker of Parliament, Jacob Mudenda, announces the resignation of Robert Mugabe in Harare. The bombshell news was delivered by the parliament speaker to a special joint session of the assembly, which had convened to impeach Mugabe. #

Zimbabweans celebrate outside the Parliament House immediately after hearing the news that President Robert Mugabe had resigned, in downtown Harare, on November 21, 2017. #

This combination of pictures created on November 21, 2017, shows people removing the portrait of former Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe from the wall at the International Conference Centre in Harare, after his resignation on November 21, 2017. #

A Harare resident dances on the roof of a vehicle as he and others celebrate outside the parliament building after hearing that President Mugabe had resigned on November 21, 2017. #

Zimbabwe's president-in-waiting, Emmerson Mnangagwa, center, greets supporters gathered outside the Zanu-PF party headquarters in Harare, Zimbabwe, on November 22, 2017. #