Desmond Tutu
Thoko Hlongwane, receives the first dose of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine from a health staff member during a vaccination day at a vaccination centre at Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital in Soweto, South Africa, Monday, May 17, 2021. South Africa has started its mass vaccination drive with the goal of inoculating nearly 5 million citizens aged 60 and above by the end of June. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)
South Africa's Tutu gets jab to help start inoculation drive

By Mogomotsi Magome May. 17, 2021 06:56 AM EDT

Uganda's Minister of Health Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng, center right, and other officials greet the country's first consignment of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine manufactured by the Serum Institute of India and provided through the global COVAX initiative, at the airport in Entebbe, Uganda Friday, March 5, 2021. Urgent calls for COVID-19 vaccine fairness rang through African countries on Friday as more welcomed or rolled out doses from the global COVAX initiative, with officials acutely aware their continent needs much more. (AP Photo/Nicholas Bamulanzeki)
Africa welcomes COVAX doses but warns against 'selfishness'

By Rodney Muhumuza Mar. 05, 2021 06:07 AM EST

In this May 1985, photo provided by Chesa Boudin, Boudin's father, David Gilbert, makes fists as his father holds him during a prison visit at Auburn Correctional Facility in Auburn, N.Y. Gilbert, now 76, was convicted of felony murder in the Oct. 20, 1981 robbery of $1.6 million from an armored Brink's truck at the Nanuet Mall north of New York City that resulted in the deaths of three people. Boudin, now San Francisco's District Attorney, and others are lobbying New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo for clemency for Gilbert, one of the oldest and longest held inmates in New York state. (Courtesy of Chesa Boudin via AP)
Prosecutor son seeks father's release in fatal Brink's heist

By Michael Hill Feb. 19, 2021 01:08 AM EST

New York police officers move in on the scene of a shooting at the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, Sunday, Dec. 13, 2020, in New York. A man was shot by police after shots rang out at the end of a Christmas choral concert on the steps of the Manhattan cathedral Sunday afternoon. It's unclear if the gunman was killed or if any others were injured. The shooting happened just before 4 p.m. at the church which is the mother church of the Episcopal Diocese of New York and seat of its bishop. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey)
NYC cathedral gunman's note says he planned to take hostages

By Michael R. Sisak Dec. 16, 2020 04:35 PM EST

New York police officers move in on the scene of a shooting at the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, Sunday, Dec. 13, 2020, in New York. A man was shot by police after shots rang out at the end of a Christmas choral concert on the steps of the Manhattan cathedral Sunday afternoon. It's unclear if the gunman was killed or if any others were injured. The shooting happened just before 4 p.m. at the church which is the mother church of the Episcopal Diocese of New York and seat of its bishop. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey)
Gunman shot by police at NYC cathedral Christmas concert

By Ted Shaffrey And Mary Esch Dec. 13, 2020 05:58 PM EST

Members of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) protest near the Brackenfell High school in Cape Town, South Africa, Friday, Nov. 20, 2020. The EFF party organized protests at the school in response to a students' prom they claim only white kids were invited to. (AP Photo/Nardus Engelbrecht)
South African police use tear gas on protest over race

By Gerald Imray Nov. 20, 2020 09:06 AM EST

Palestinian medics wear protective suits as they take part in a simulation of possible coronavirus infections in Gaza City, Saturday, July 18, 2020. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
Breathtaking virus numbers show normal life still far away

By Cara Anna Jul. 18, 2020 07:24 AM EDT

FILE- In this file photo taken Thursday, April 30, 2020, Women carrying their children lineup to receive vegetables from the Jan Hofmeyer community services in the Vrededorp neighborhood of Johannesburg. South Africa is struggling to balance its fight against the coronavirus with its dire need to resume economic activity. The country with the Africa’s most developed economy also has its highest number of infections — more than 19,000. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay, file)
In fight against virus, South Africa expects a long wait

By Andrew Meldrum May. 24, 2020 03:02 AM EDT

FILE - In this Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2019 file photo, Britain's Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, holding their son Archie, meet Anglican Archbishop Emeritus, Desmond Tutu and his wife Leah in Cape Town, South Africa. Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, are fulfilling their last royal commitment Monday March 9, 2020 when they appear at the annual Commonwealth Service at Westminster Abbey. It is the last time they will be seen at work with the entire Windsor clan before they fly off into self-imposed exile in North America. (Henk Kruger/Pool via AP, File)
Harry and Meghan mark son's 1st birthday with charity video

May. 06, 2020 09:43 AM EDT

Residents from the Alexandra township in Johannesburg gather in a stadium to be tested for COVID-19 Monday, April 26, 2020. South Africa will began a phased easing of its strict lockdown measures on May 1, although its confirmed cases of coronavirus continue to increase. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)
South Africa's inequalities exposed by virus, says leader

By Mogomotsi Magome And Andrew Meldrum Apr. 27, 2020 06:21 AM EDT

Pallbearers wearing full PPE suits lift the casket containing the remains of Benedict Somi Vilakasi for his burial ceremony at the Nasrec Memorial Park outside Johannesburg Thursday, April 16, 2020. Vilakasi, a Soweto coffee shop manager, died of Covid-19 infection in a Johannesburg hospital Sunday April 12 2020. South Africa is under a strict five-week lockdown in a effort to fight the Coronavirus pandemic.(AP Photo/Jerome Delay)
In Soweto, a South African who celebrated history is mourned

By Jerome Delay Apr. 16, 2020 01:38 PM EDT