Today is Mandela Day, which commemorates the birthday of South Africa’s first democratically elected president, who was born on 18 July 1918. There are at least 40 statues of Madiba around the world, with 19 in South Africa. The world’s tallest figurative sculpture is at the Union Buildings in Pretoria. It is 9m high.
Note: This chart is from the Our World in Charts collection and was first published on 18 July 2023.
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