Former South African president Nelson Mandela is reported to be improving after being hospitalized for a lung infection.
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![South African State President Frederik Willem de Klerk, left, and Deputy President of the African National Congress Nelson Mandela, right, prior to talks between the ANC and the South African government, Cape Town, May 2, 1990.](https://gdb.voanews.com/fa3be686-1ee4-4bf5-b84d-4fccbec68939_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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South African State President Frederik Willem de Klerk, left, and Deputy President of the African National Congress Nelson Mandela, right, prior to talks between the ANC and the South African government, Cape Town, May 2, 1990.
![ANC leader and symbol of resistance to apartheid, Nelson Mandela, is seen as he gives the black power salute to the 120,000 ANC supporters in Soweto's Soccer City stadium in Soweto, near Johannesburg, South Africa, Feb. 13, 1990.](https://gdb.voanews.com/f3aadcab-fc57-4ef2-8ee8-cc263c061c24_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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ANC leader and symbol of resistance to apartheid, Nelson Mandela, is seen as he gives the black power salute to the 120,000 ANC supporters in Soweto's Soccer City stadium in Soweto, near Johannesburg, South Africa, Feb. 13, 1990.
![Nelson Mandela attends a rally in this 1993 photo.](https://gdb.voanews.com/44813ddc-0b2b-4ec2-bc85-c8c5866af433_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Nelson Mandela attends a rally in this 1993 photo.
![President Nelson Mandela and Britain's Prince Charles shake hands alongside members of the Spice Girls' Emma (L), and Gerri (R) at Mr. Mandela's residence November 1, 1997.](https://gdb.voanews.com/da66d4cd-5b0b-426a-b3e7-83f7d946611a_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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President Nelson Mandela and Britain's Prince Charles shake hands alongside members of the Spice Girls' Emma (L), and Gerri (R) at Mr. Mandela's residence November 1, 1997.