Nelson Mandela's 95th birthday celebrated – in pictures

Children hold placards at a township school in Atteridgeville near Pretoria Photograph: Mike Hutchings/Reuters

Children hold balloons and flowers as they gather outside the hospital where Mandela is staying in Pretoria Photograph: Mike Hutchings/Reuters

A woman stands in front of posters and get well messages outside the Medi-Clinic heart hospital Photograph: 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 Day Photograph: Jennifer Bruce/AFP/Getty Images

Well-wishers sing outside the hospital in Pretoria Photograph: Mike Hutchings/Reuters

Nelson 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/Reuters

Teachers and students from the Lukho Lwen school hold cards in Soweto Photograph: Alexander Joe/AFP/Getty Images

Pupils at the Denver primary school in Johannesburg, South Africa, gesture as they sing happy birthday and pray for ailing former South African president Nelson Mandela Photograph: Jerome Delay/AP

Children hold up a poster at a school in Cape Town Photograph: Schalk van Zuydam/AP

Government office workers clean houses at a drug rehabilitation centre for children on Mandela Day Photograph: Alexander Joe/AFP/Getty Images

Schoolchildren sing at Phefeni high school, opposite Mandela's former home in Soweto township Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

Schoolchildren work in a public park in honour of Mandela Photograph: Nic Bothma/EPA

Children wear hats outside the Medi-Clinic heart hospital, where Mandela is being treated Photograph: Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters