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Pope Francis arrives in Muslim-majority Indonesia for the first stop of a four-nation tour in the Asia-Pacific that will be the longest of the 87-year-old's papacy. IMAGES
Pope Francis, 87, flies to Indonesia on the first leg of an ambitious four-nation tour, with inter-faith ties set to dominate his visit to the world's most populous Muslim-majority country. IMAGES
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrives in Laos, where he is due to meet his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi, on the sidelines of an ASEAN foreign ministers meeting. IMAGES
Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov arrives in Chad at the end of a tour of African nations marked by strong anti-western sentiment and the promise of greater military backing against jihadists. IMAGES
Images of Pope Francis as he embarks on the papal plane in Rome's Fiumicino airport before it takes off. This is his fifth visit to Africa, flying to the Democratic Republic of Congo and then South Sudan to plead for peace in the two violence-plagued nations. His plane is expected to land around 3:00 pm local time at Kinshasa's Ndjili airport. IMAGES