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• July 18: Former South African President Nelson Mandela reacts during an interview with the media at his house in Qunu, rural southeastern South Africa. Mandela celebrated his 90th birthday Friday by urging the wealthy to share with the less fortunate and by saying he wished he had been able to spend more time with his family during the anti-apartheid struggle. Mandela was imprisoned for nearly three decades for his fight against apartheid.
• July 18: Traditional dancers walk back after their rehearsal performance outside as part of the birthday celebration for the former South Africa's President Nelson Mandela speaks at his house in Qunu, South Africa. Mandela, the anti-apartheid icon spend his 90th birthday at home in Qunu with his family, and the whole village is celebrating.
• July 18: South African runner Braam Malherbe, left, and Dawid Grier, right, run past the prison where former South African President Nelson Mandela spent most of the 27 years that he was jailed, during his 90th birth day celebration on Robben Island, South Africa. Nelson Mandela celebrated his 90th birthday Friday surrounded by grandchildren and relatives in the rural southeastern village he calls home. Yet the man who has become an icon for peace remained keenly troubled by the demoralizing poverty still faced by so many of his countrymen.
• July 18: Children sing in honor of Former South African President Nelson Mandela during his 90 birth day celebration on Robben Island, South Africa. Nelson Mandela celebrated his 90th birthday Friday surrounded by grandchildren and relatives in the rural southeastern village he calls home. Yet the man who has become an icon for peace remained keenly troubled by the demoralizing poverty still faced by so many of his countrymen.
• July 18: A giant birthday card stands next to a sculpture of Nelson Mandela, who celebrates his 90th birthday at his hometown in Qunu, at the Nelson Mandela Foundation in Johannesburg. The car is addressed to Madiba an affectionate name give to Mandela meaning father.
• July 18: Learners from the Bertrams Junior School sing "Happy Birthday" as they celebrate their school's 90th year as well as Nelson Mandela's 90th birthday at the Nelson Mandela Foundation in Johannesburg.
• July 18: Cup cakes are delivered at the Nelson Mandela Foundation in Johannesburg for Nelson Mandela who is celebrating his 90th birthday at his hometown in Qunu, South Africa.
• July 18: A painting of Nelson Mandela, one of many gifts presented to Mandela who celebrates his 90th birthday at his hometown in Qunu, at the Nelson Mandela Foundation in Johannesburg.
• July 18: Learners from the Bertrams Junior School clamour to touch a sculpture of Nelson Mandela as they celebrate their school's 90th year as well as Nelson Mandela's 90th birthday at the Nelson Mandela Foundation in Johannesburg.
• July 18: Children hold up art that they made in honor of former South African President Nelson Mandela during his 90th birthday celebration on Robben Island, South Africa. Nelson Mandela celebrated his 90th birthday Friday surrounded by grandchildren and relatives in the rural southeastern village he calls home. Yet the man who has become an icon for peace remained keenly troubled by the demoralizing poverty still faced by so many of his countrymen
• July 18: Former Robben Island prisoners Tokyo Sexwale, left, and Mac Maharaj cuts a cake made in honor of former South African President Nelson Mandela during his 90th birthday celebration on Robben Island, South Africa. Mandela was imprisoned on Robben Island for nearly three decades for his fight against apartheid. He was released in 1990 to lead negotiations that ended decades of racist white rule, then was elected president in South Africa's first democratic elections in 1994. The number on the cake 46664 is Mandela's prison number.
• July 18: Former South African President Nelson Mandela, left, with his wife Graca Machel, at his home in in Qunu, rural southeastern South Africa. Mandela celebrated his 90th birthday Friday by urging the wealthy to share with the less fortunate and by saying he wished he had been able to spend more time with his family during the anti-apartheid struggle. Mandela was imprisoned for nearly three decades for his fight against apartheid.