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Rope access technicians work to complete a huge portrait of former South African President Nelson Mandela on the windows of the Civic Centre building in Cape Town, June 15, 2013. Mandela is recovering well from a lung infection which has kept him in a serious condition in hospital for a week, his grandson said on Saturday.
CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA - JUNE 14: A Nelson Mandela murial hangs high at the Cape Town Civic Centre as part of the Nation wide prayers being held for the frail statesman on June 14, 2013 in Cape Town, South Africa. The former South African President and leader of the anti-apartheid movement is spending a seventh day in a hospital and is reported to be responding better to treatment for a recurring lung infection. This is Mandela's fourth time in the hospital since December of 2012.
A giant banner with a picture of Nelson Mandela, former South African President and Nobel Peace laureate, has been erected on the outside of the Civic Centre Building, on June 14, 2013, in the centre of Cape Town. The 94 year-old former statesman has been admitted to hospital in Pretoria, with a recurring lung infection, and a spokesman describes his condition as 'serious, but stable'.
A portrait representing former president Nelson Mandela is installed on the windows of a building in downtown Cape Town, South Africa Thursday, June 13, 2013. Mandela is spending a sixth day in the hospital and while there was no immediate update on his health Thursday, President Jacob Zuma on Wednesday reported that Mandela was responding better to treatment for a recurring lung infection.
South African President Jacob Zuma delivers his address at the annual budget vote in Parliament's National Assembly in Cape Town on June 12, 2013. Zuma started his speech by reporting that former president Nelson Mandela, currently in hospital for a recurring lung infection, was responding better to treatment.
