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Roman&quot;,&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;Times&quot;,&quot;Baskerville&quot;,&quot;Georgia&quot;,serif;font-size:0.533981em;line-height:1.2;text-align:center;padding:0;color:#000000\"><span>Observed every year on<span style=\"font-weight: 700\"> July 18,<\/span> Nelson Mandela\u2019s <span style=\"font-weight: 700\">birth anniversary.<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;pointer-events:none;left:3.39806%;top:-3.8835%;width:11.65049%;height:7.76699%;opacity:1\">\n<div style=\"pointer-events:initial;width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;z-index:0\" class=\"mask\" id=\"el-7a1d377a-e250-416b-8a08-57cdbe366d24\">\n<div style=\"position:absolute;width:100%;height:100.00004%;left:0%;top:-0.00002%\" data-leaf-element=\"true\"><amp-img layout=\"fill\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Untitled-design-5-1.png\" alt=\"Untitled design 5\" 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style=\"width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;--initial-opacity:0;--initial-transform:none\">\n<div style=\"pointer-events:initial;width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;z-index:0;border-radius:0.56657223796034% 0.56657223796034% 0.56657223796034% 0.56657223796034% \/ 1.8867924528301887% 1.8867924528301887% 1.8867924528301887% 1.8867924528301887%\" id=\"el-35bbf4a3-6806-4013-8d47-c9b95b65e872\">\n<h2 class=\"fill text-wrapper\" style=\"white-space:pre-line;overflow-wrap:break-word;word-break:break-word;margin:-0.17926699716713881% 0;font-family:&quot;Roboto&quot;,sans-serif;font-size:0.728155em;line-height:1.2;text-align:center;padding:0;color:#000000\"><span><span style=\"font-weight: 700; color: #003bad\">Who Was Nelson Mandela?<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;pointer-events:none;left:8.49515%;top:29.61165%;width:83.25243%;height:25.08091%;opacity:1\">\n<div 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