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Business News/ Photos / Paying homage to Mother Teresa on her 105th birthday

Paying homage to Mother Teresa on her 105th birthday

Today is Mother Teresa's 105th birthday. A look at some of her rare photos

Mother’s Care: Mother Teresa or Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu founded the Missionaries of Charity in famine-ridden Kolkata in 1950 when she felt a calling to help the poor. Today is her 105th birth anniversary. Central Press/Getty Images

1/9Mother’s Care: Mother Teresa or Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu founded the Missionaries of Charity in famine-ridden Kolkata in 1950 when she felt a calling to help the poor. Today is her 105th birth anniversary. Central Press/Getty Images

No one should sleep hungry: Mother Teresa serving food to the poor at Nirmal Hriday, in New Delhi in 1979. She received the Nobel Peace Prize in the same year. HT

2/9No one should sleep hungry: Mother Teresa serving food to the poor at Nirmal Hriday, in New Delhi in 1979. She received the Nobel Peace Prize in the same year. HT

Everyone is equal before Mother’s eyes: “Let us always meet each other with smile, for the smile is the beginning of love,” said Mother Teresa. HT

3/9Everyone is equal before Mother’s eyes: “Let us always meet each other with smile, for the smile is the beginning of love,” said Mother Teresa. HT

Sharing a Candid Moment: Mother Teresa with the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi at New Delhi, in 1972. AFP

4/9Sharing a Candid Moment: Mother Teresa with the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi at New Delhi, in 1972. AFP

Safe Haven: Mother Teresa hugs a child in West Beirut in 1982. She was visiting the children who were in the Islamic home which was shelled during the Israeli attacks on West Beirut. AFP

5/9Safe Haven: Mother Teresa hugs a child in West Beirut in 1982. She was visiting the children who were in the Islamic home which was shelled during the Israeli attacks on West Beirut. AFP

The smile of innocence: “Don’t look for big things, just do small things with great love.” Seen here with a 9-month-old baby from Switzerland. Reuters

6/9The smile of innocence: “Don’t look for big things, just do small things with great love.” Seen here with a 9-month-old baby from Switzerland. Reuters

Healing Touch:  Mother Teresa comforts the Indian wolf boy Ramu at her home charity “Prem Niwas” in Lucknow in 1980. Ramu could not learn to talk despite medical aid and the sight of blood and raw meat always excited him. AFP

7/9Healing Touch: Mother Teresa comforts the Indian wolf boy Ramu at her home charity “Prem Niwas” in Lucknow in 1980. Ramu could not learn to talk despite medical aid and the sight of blood and raw meat always excited him. AFP

Final Blessings: Mother Teresa waves to the crowd on her last birthday in 1997 along with her successor Sister Nirmala. Reuters

8/9Final Blessings: Mother Teresa waves to the crowd on her last birthday in 1997 along with her successor Sister Nirmala. Reuters

Fly away: Mother Teresa releasing a dove from a French-donated ship that was later converted into Bangladesh’s first floating hospital. AFP

9/9Fly away: Mother Teresa releasing a dove from a French-donated ship that was later converted into Bangladesh’s first floating hospital. AFP

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