Nine of the oldest people on the planet, including the oldest living man and woman, both Japanese
Thu 7 Mar 2013 19.55 GMT
Misao Okawa, who is recognised by Guinness World Records as the world's oldest woman, receives a birthday cake during her 115th birthday celebrations at Kurenai nursing home on 5 March 2013 in Osaka, JapanPhotograph: Buddhika Weerasinghe / Getty Images Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
(Left to right) Shaker Ahmad, Vera Law and Simon Hughes with 113-year-old Grace Jones as she arrives for a Christmas dinner organised by Bermondsey Care for the Elderly in south LondonPhotograph: Simon Hughes Office / PA Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
Jiroemon Kimura smiles after he was presented with the certificate of the world's oldest living man from Guinness World Records editor-in-chief, Craig Glenday, at his home in Kyoto prefecture, Japan last year
Soledad Mexia, 113 and the oldest resident of California, poses for a photograph at her home in San Diego Photograph: Eduardo Santana / EFE Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
Evelyn Kozak, an American supercentenarian who at the age of 113 is the world's oldest living Jewish personPhotograph: Angela Leibowicz / Jewish Chronicle Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
Miss Susie Susannah Mushatt Jones with her niece Lois Judge, 72, as they celebrated her 113th birthday with a party at the Vendalia senior centre in Brooklyn. Miss Susie was born on 6 July 1899 in Alabama, the third of 11 children. She is the only one still alive. She never had children but has more than 100 nieces and nephews Photograph: New York Daily News / Getty Images Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
Elsie Thompson, the oldest woman in Florida and fifth oldest in the US, is strung with pearls by caretaker Susie Harper in preparation for a birthday gatheringPhotograph: Douglas Clifford / Tampa Bay Times Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
