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Pope Francis boards the papal plane as he wraps up his visit to South Sudan, with peace and reconciliation the theme of his three-day trip to the world's newest nation. Francis is on the first papal visit to the largely Christian country since it achieved independence from mainly Muslim Sudan in 2011 and plunged into a civil war that killed nearly 400,000 people. IMAGES
Crowd of faithful is gathered to attend Pope Francis' ecumenical prayer in Juba, South Sudan, where the Pope is making an official visit, accompanied by the heads of the Churches of England and Scotland, representatives of the country's two other Christian denominations. From 2013 to 2018, South Sudan, which has a population of 12 million, 60% of whom are Christians, was in the grip of a bloody civil war that left 380,000 people dead. IMAGES
Pope Francis arrives in South Sudan for the second leg of his trip to the continent, after having left the DRC earlier in the day. he is greeted on the tarmac by the president of South Sudan, Salva Kiir Mayardit. IMAGES
Pope Francis greets journalists on the plane at Rome-Fiumicino airport before flying to Marseille for a two-day visit devoted to the Mediterranean and the challenge of migration, against a backdrop of growing hostility towards would-be exiles in a Europe tempted to turn inward. IMAGES
The Pope arrives in a wheelchair at St Teresa's Cathedral in Juba to meet religious representatives during a visit to South Sudan. IMAGES
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