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A young girl watches the laying of the wreath ceremony, at the Hector Pieterson Memorial, in Soweto, South Africa, Thursday, June 16, 2016, near to a painting depicting the iconic photo showing 13-year-old Hector Pieterson, being carried after being shot by police during the 1976 Soweto uprising, displayed by an artist for commemoration of the 40th anniversary of uprisings. South Africans are commemorating the 40th anniversary of a pivotal moment in the anti-apartheid struggle, a 1976 black student uprising in the Soweto area of Johannesburg that led to a deadly crackdown but launched a new phase of opposition to white minority rule. (Photo by Themba Hadebe/AP Photo)
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