Today the world celebrates Nelson Mandela’s 94th birthday. A Nobel peace laureate, Mandela spent 27 years in prison fighting racist rule. He became South Africa’s first black president in 1994, serving a five-year term.
To commemorate his remarkable life and career we present you a collection of pictures of him from various years and locations.
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South African ANC leader Nelson Mandela at the law office he opened with his colleague, Oliver Tambo, unseen, in Johannesburg, South Africa in 1952. This was the first black legal practice in Johannesburg. Both men were founding members of the African National Congress Youth League. (AP Photo/Jurgen Schadeberg)
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In this 1961 file photo, Nelson Mandela, then a 42-year-old, political activist and an able heavyweight boxer and physical culturist, is seen. The son of a minor chieftain, Mandela took his degree in Law at the University of Witwatersrand, South Africa. (AP Photo, file)
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Nelson Mandela, a senior member of the African National Congress, in prison on Robben Island. 1964
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Robben Island prison where Nelson Mandela was kept for years. Royal Danish visit to South Africa.
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Former South African President, Nelson Mandela, right, reacts with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, during a meeting in Johannesburg, Friday, Aug. 7, 2009. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has urged government officials in South Africa to press for reform in neighboring Zimbabwe. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell, Pool)
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South African anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela meets with Palestinian Liberation Organization Chairman Yasser Arafat, right, on Sunday, May 20, 1990 in Cairo. Both are in Cairo to meet with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.
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Pope John Paul II, right, shakes hands with Nelson Mandela, deputy leader of African National Congress, during a private audience at the Vatican, Friday, June 15, 1990, Rome, Italy. (AP Photo/Claudio Luffoli)
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Nelson Mandela, the released leader of the African National Congress (ANC), sits in the car with his youngest grandchild, Bambata Mandela, at the airport in Cape Town, South Africa, Monday, Feb. 12, 1990. Mandela and his family are on their way back to their Johannesburg home, one day after he was released from 27 years in jail. (AP Photo/Adil Bradlow)
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A child dressed as a doctor sits on the lap of South Africa’s former president Nelson Mandela, Friday, July 31, 2009 during the launch of a children’s hospital in Johannesburg, South Africa. Mandela has combined his 91st birthday celebration with the opening of a new children’s hospital. According to the Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund, which spearheaded the project, the hospital will be the fifth devoted to providing specialist medical care to children on the continent. Two others are in Egypt, one is in Kenya, and the other is in Cape Town. (AP Photo/Karel Prinsloo)
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U.S. superstar Michael Jackson, right, hugs South African President Nelson Mandela, at the conclusion of a brief meeting at Mandela’s Pretoria residence Saturday, July 20, 1996. Jackson was on a three-day visit to South Africa. (AP Photo/Adil Bradlow)
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Nelson Mandela enjoying his first look at his wax work model at Madame Tussauds, London. 1991
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