Margaret Maritz looks on at an event celebrating her 118th birthday in a care home in Touwsrivier, South Africa, about 125 miles northeast of Cape Town. She was joined by two of her 14 children at the party. A copy of her identity card says she was born on Sept. 27, 1906, but it has not been independently confirmed. The current oldest living person is Japanese national Tomiko Itooka who was born on May 23, 1908. RODGER BOSCH — AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES