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A giant portrait of former South African President Nelson Mandela adorns a cooling tower of a now-defunct power station in Soweto, South Africa, on Monday, Dec 31, 2012. Mr. Mandela is recovering at his Johannesburg home since being hospitalized for a lung infection and undergoing gallstone surgery. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell)
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** FILE ** This mural depicting former South African President Nelson Mandela is shown at the Alexandra township in Johannesburg, South Africa, Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012, to honor Mandela's 94th birthday, which was celebrated on Wednesday, July 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)
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Former South African President Nelson Mandela leaves the chapel after attending the funeral of his great-granddaughter Zenani Mandela in Johannesburg in 2010. (AP Photo/Siphiwe Sibeko, Pool)
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People visit former South African President Nelson Mandela's home, which has been turned into a museum, in Soweto, South Africa, on Sunday, Dec. 9, 2012. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell)
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Natal Lion Park in Camperdown, near Durban, South Africa, is a haven for lions and other animals native to Africa. The lion population in the wild is decreasing.
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A lioness walking through the tall grass in the Phinda Private Game Reserve, near Hluhluwe, South Africa. An ever-growing human population has moved into savannah lands to settle and develop the areas where lions roam. (Associated Press)
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Russian Ambassador Vitaly Churkin (left) and Susan Rice (right), U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, surprise South African Ambassador Baso Sangqu (second from right) with "Happy Birthday" before members of the U.N. Security Council voted unanimously on Saturday, April 21, 2012, to adopt the Syria Observer Mission Resolution, authorizing 300 observers to be sent to Syria. (AP Photo/David Karp)
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South African Foreign Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane speaks at the opening session of the U.N. Climate Change conference in Doha, Qatar, on Monday, Nov. 26, 2012. (AP Photo/Osama Faisal)
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**FILE** From left: Japan's Yuji Nakazawa, Marcus Tulio Tanaka, Yasuyuki Konno and Makoto Hasebe celebrate June 24, 2010, following the World Cup group E soccer match between Denmark and Japan at Royal Bafokeng Stadium in Rustenburg, South Africa. (Associated Press)
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**FILE** Chimpanzees sit in an enclosure at the Chimpanzee Eden rehabilitation center near Nelspruit, South Africa, on Feb. 1, 2011. (Associated Press)
