Answer to edition 496
The key to identifying the city was to identify the statue. It is a statue of South Africa’s one time leader Nelson Mandela. The colonial era buildings behind are the Union Buildings, South Africa’s parliament. These are found in the city of Pretoria.

Last week's winners
Congratulations to those who identified the distorted city from Where in the World (496) as Pretoria: Dee (@DeeCornes), Tim (@timofnewbury), Todd (@toddunctious), Claudia (@crevilla_), Jackie (@jackiesjourneys), Günther and Ursula (@myVideoMedia), Janette (@rubydoris) and Atul (@pixodentist).
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This week's "Where in the World..."
In this week’s “Where in the World…” there are at least two prominent and iconic buildings from this city featured in the distorted image. Identify either or both and you will have little difficulty in identifying the city. Good luck

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