A young man and young woman sit together and talk on the sea wall on the Avenue Marginal 12 Julho next to the Fort Sao Sebastiao, Sao Tome..Sao Tome and Principe, are two islands of volcanic origin lying off the coast of Africa. Settled by Portuguese convicts in the late 1400s and a centre for slaving, their independence movement culminated in a peaceful transition to self government from Portugal in 1975..(photo by Stuart Freedman/In Pictures via Getty Images)