Nelson Mandela's 95th birthday celebrated – in pictures
Children hold placards at a township school in Atteridgeville near PretoriaPhotograph: Mike Hutchings/ReutersChildren hold balloons and flowers as they gather outside the hospital where Mandela is staying in PretoriaPhotograph: Mike Hutchings/ReutersA woman stands in front of posters and get well messages outside the Medi-Clinic heart hospitalPhotograph: Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters
Desmond Tutu and staff from the Desmond and Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation paint a wall at the Marconi Beam public primary school in Cape Town as part of a wave of good deeds planned to mark Mandela DayPhotograph: Jennifer Bruce/AFP/Getty ImagesWell-wishers sing outside the hospital in PretoriaPhotograph: Mike Hutchings/ReutersNelson Mandela's granddaughter Ndileka, right, serves soup in Mamelodi township as she celebrates Mandela Day with 67 minutes of public service to honour the 67 years Mandela served humanity Photograph: Siphiwe Sibeko/ReutersTeachers and students from the Lukho Lwen school hold cards in SowetoPhotograph: Alexander Joe/AFP/Getty ImagesPupils at the Denver primary school in Johannesburg, South Africa, gesture as they sing happy birthday and pray for ailing former South African president Nelson MandelaPhotograph: Jerome Delay/APChildren hold up a poster at a school in Cape TownPhotograph: Schalk van Zuydam/APGovernment office workers clean houses at a drug rehabilitation centre for children on Mandela DayPhotograph: Alexander Joe/AFP/Getty ImagesSchoolchildren sing at Phefeni high school, opposite Mandela's former home in Soweto townshipPhotograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty ImagesSchoolchildren work in a public park in honour of Mandela Photograph: Nic Bothma/EPAChildren wear hats outside the Medi-Clinic heart hospital, where Mandela is being treatedPhotograph: Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters
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