Praying for Mandela
Visitors gather in front of a portrait of former president Nelson Mandela, in a park in Soweto, South Africa. Mandela, has become increasingly frail in recent years and has been hospitalised recently. AP/Denis Farrell
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Visitors gather in front of a portrait of former president Nelson Mandela, in a park in Soweto, South Africa. Mandela, has become increasingly frail in recent years and has been hospitalised recently. AP/Denis Farrell
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A hawker passes by portraits of former president Nelson Mandela depicted in various stages of his life in a Soweto, South Africa. AP/Denis Farrell
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A child stands in front of Nelson Mandela's portrait in a park in Soweto, South Africa. AP/Denis Farrell
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South Africa's first black president Nelson Mandela, after receiving a torch to celebrate the African National Congress' centenary from ANC chairperson Baleka Mbete in Mandela's home village of Qunu in rural eastern South Africa. AP/Lulamile Feni. (File photo)
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