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Pope Francis is welcomed by Iraqi President Barham Saleh at the presidential palace in Baghdad on the first papal visit to Iraq. Pope Francis began his historic trip to war-scarred Iraq, defying security concerns and the coronavirus pandemic to comfort one of the world's oldest and most persecuted Christian communities. IMAGES
Slovakian President Zuzana Caputova welcomes Pope Francis at the presidential palace in Bratislava during his official visit to the country. The Pope is also expected to meet a number of political, religious and civil society leaders. IMAGES
French President Emmanuel Macron welcomes his Iraqi counterpart Barham Saleh at the Elysée Palace in Paris. IMAGES
Pope Francis meets Indonesia's President Joko Widodo in Jakarta in the first major set piece of his tour. The head of the world's 1.3 billion Catholics is on a three-day visit to the Muslim-majority nation before he travels to Papua New Guinea, East Timor and Singapore on the longest trip of his papacy. IMAGES
France's President Emmanuel Macron and his Indian counterpart President Droupadi Murmu attend a reception at the Rashtrapati Bhavan presidential palace in New Delhi as India marks its 75th Republic Day and France eyes lucrative deals with the world's fifth-largest economy. IMAGES