
Pop star Madonna, left, and Malawian President Peter Mutharika, unveil a plaque at the opening of The Mercy James Institute for Pediatric Surgery and Intensive Care, at the Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital in the city of Blantyre, Malawi, Tuesday, July 11, 2017. The children's wing facility is named after Madonna's adopted child 11-year-old Mercy James and building funded by her charity Raising Malawi in collaboration with Malawi's health ministry. (AP Photo / Thoko Chikondi)
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