Live 8 has been hailed as a major success by the event's organisers, after a day of concerts around the world called on the G8 leaders to act on global poverty issues.
Organiser Bob Geldof, who performed at the London concert, said: "In 1985 it was about charity, raising money for charity, when it was Live Aid. Today it's about a campaign for justice and empowerment for millions of people round the world."
"Mahatma Gandhi freed a continent, Martin Luther King freed a people, Nelson Mandela freed a country. It does work. They will listen," Geldof said.
United Nations secretary-general Kofi Annan addressed the crowd in London, thanking everyone for supporting the cause.
In Johannesburg, former South African President, Nelson Mandela, said to the crowd: "History and the generations to come will judge our leaders by the decisions they make in the coming weeks."
The Live 8 concert held in London's Hyde Park on Saturday was attended by 205,000 people. Among the acts to take to the stage during the day were U2, Coldplay, Paul McCartney and Madonna.
Some of the highlights of the show included a rendition of 'Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band' by Paul McCartney and U2, and Richard Ashcroft's duet with Coldplay on 'Bitter Sweet Symphony'.
While more than a million people attended the Live 8 concerts around the world on Saturday, 26 million people sent text messages to support the campaign to make poverty history.
Speaking at the end of the London concert, Geldof said it had been a day of possibility and hope for those who had neither.
