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Nobel laureate Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu dances with the Soweto Gospel Choir during the launch of his book 'Tutu: The Authorised Portrait' at the St Georges Cathedral in Cape Town, South Africa on Oct. 6. Tutu celebrates his 80th birthday on Friday Oct. 7.

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Nobel laureate Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu kisses Irish singer Bono after his speech at the launch of his book 'Tutu: The Authorised Portrait' at the St Georges Cathedral in Cape Town, South Africa, on Oct. 6.

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Nobel laureate Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu touches the nose of a portrait by Igshaan Adams and a group of Philani artists given to him at the launch of the book 'Tutu: The Authorised Portrait' at the St Georges Cathedral in Cape Town, South Africa on Oct. 6.

 South Africa's Archbishop Desmond Tutu energetically celebrated his 80th birthday at St. George's Cathedral in Cape Town. As part of the festivities, Tutu was serenaded by U2's Bono and danced with the Soweto Gospel Choir. The celebrations were timed to coincide with the launch of his biography "Tutu: The Authorized Portrait." Fellow Nobel Peace Laureate, the Dalai Lama was invited to attend the ceremonies, but South Africa failed to issue him a visa in time.

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AP reports: A South African photographer is being honored for helping expose apartheid's brutality to the world with a picture that ended his career.

President Jacob Zuma will today bestow national honors on Sam Nzima for a photograph reminiscent of the "Pieta" he took 35 years ago showing a dying Hector Pieterson, a 13-year-old shot by police during the 1976 Soweto uprising.

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South African photographer Sam Nzima poses with his iconic photo showing Hector Pieterson, a 13-year-old shot by police during the 1976 Soweto uprising, in Pretoria, South Africa on April 27. Nzima is being honored for helping expose apartheid's brutality to the world with the picture that ended his career because police were so enraged by the attention his photograph drew.

Nzima says the photograph seen around the world "tells the story of what happened. You don't even need a caption to see that something terrible has happened."

In an interview today, Nzima said police were so enraged by the attention his photograph drew, he feared they would kill him. He left Johannesburg and his newspaper to become a businessman in a small eastern South African town.

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A memorial to Hector Pieterson was erected in the early 1990s in Khumalo Street, Soweto, a few hundred meters from where he was shot. The Hector Pieterson Museum opened on the same site in 2002.

Read a more extensive interview with Sam Nzima.