Formal Diplomatic Meetings

Images of formal events with dignitaries and officials in elegant settings, highlighting diplomatic engagements and ceremonial presentations.

Vice President Cheney participates in memorial ceremonies for the September 11 attacks

Spaceflight participant Hazzaa Ali Almansoori of the United Arab Emirates, left, Expedition crewmembers Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos, and Jessica Meir of NASA, right, depart building 254 and head to their launch onboard the Soyuz TM-15 spacecraft, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2019 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Meir, Skripochka, and Almansoori will launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome to the International Space Station.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken bids farewell to U.S. Ambassador to Ecuador Michael J. Fitzpatrick before departing Quito, Ecuador, en route to Bogota, Colombia, on October 20, 2021.

Expedition 65 prime crew members, NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei, left, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy of Roscosmos, center, and Russian cosmonaut Pyotr Dubrov of Roscosmos visit Red Square to lay flowers at the site where Russian space icons are interred as part of traditional pre-launch ceremonies, Wednesday, March 24, 2021 in Moscow.

A musician explains to U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry how to play a dan bau, or one-string guitar, after a performance at a dinner in the Secretary's honor in Hanoi, Vietnam, on December 16, 2013.

Departure gathering, hosted by Secretary Gale Norton at Department of Interior headquarters, honoring outgoing Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks, Craig Manson

Expedition 35 Russian Flight Engineer Alexander Misurkin performs the traditional door signing before he and fellow crewmates, Soyuz Commander Pavel Vinogradov and NASA Flight Engineer Chris Cassidy depart the Cosmonaut Hotel for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station, Thursday, March 28, 2013, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send Misurkin, Vinogradov and Cassidy on a five and a half month mission aboard the International Space Station.

Acting Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Aurene Martin, Fort Belknap Indian Reservation Vice Chairman Darrell Martin, Secretary Gale Norton, and Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Superintendent Gerard Baker, left to right, at opening of Lewis and Clark Bicentennial exhibit, Washington, D.C.

Deputy Secretary of State Heather Higginbottom presents 10 extraordinary women from 10 countries with the 2015 Secretary of State�s International Women of Courage Award at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 6, 2015.

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Expedition 58 crew members, Flight Engineer Anne McClain of NASA, left, Soyuz Commander Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos, center, and Flight Engineer David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), right, wave farewell to family and friends as they depart the Cosmonaut Hotel to suit-up for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station on Monday, Dec. 3, 2018 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket is scheduled for Dec. 3 and will send Kononenko, McClain, and Saint-Jacques on a six and a half month mission aboard the International Space Station.

Expedition 55 Soyuz Commander Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos waves farewell to family and friends as he and flight engineers Ricky Arnold and Drew Feustel of NASA depart for the launch pad a few hours before their launch, Wednesday, March 21, 2018 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send Artemyev, Arnold, and Feustel on a five month mission aboard the International Space Station.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh, in Ramallah, the West Bank, on May 25, 2021.

Cynthia C. Romero, MD, FAACP, Chairman of the Council of United Filipino Organizations of Tidewater (CUFOT), provides some remarks during an unveiling and dedication of a Virginia Historical Marker honoring Filipino Sailors in the U.S. Navy on May 28, 2022. The event occurred at the Philippine Cultural Center of Virginia in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Romero previously served as Virginias State Health Commissioner, and is the Director of the M. Foscue Brock Institute for Community and Global Health at Eastern Virginia Medical School.

Dedication of new memorial at the African Burial Ground National Monument in New York City, New York, with keynote address by Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and presentations by dignitaries including New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, New York Senator Charles Schumer, General Services Administrator Lurita Doan, National Park Service Deputy Director for Operations Dan Wenk, African Burial Ground Superintendent Tara Morrison, New York Public Library Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture Director Howard Dodson, poet and novelist Maya Angelou, and actors Sidney Poitier and Avery Brooks. The permanent memorial, constructed to honor the memories of the free and enslaved Africans bured at the original seven-acre Lower Manhattan site in the 17th and 18th Centuries, was opened to the public for the first time.

jsc2018e097267 - With the statue of Vladimir Lenin serving as a backdrop, Expedition 58 crewmembers Anne McClain of NASA (left), Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos (center) and David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency (right) answer reporters questions Nov. 19 at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia before boarding a plane to fly to their launch site in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. McClain, Kononenko and Saint-Jacques will launch Dec. 3 on the Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station.NASA/Sarah Volkman

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- New York Police Department Detective Michael Jermyn (center) is thanked for representing the New York Police and Fire Departments at the launch of Space Shuttle Endeavour on mission STS-108. Offering his handshake is NASA's Acting Administrator Daniel Mulville; Launch Director Mike Leinbach (left) applauds. At right is Center Director Roy Bridges Jr. Jermyn praised the efforts of the workers on the successful launch. Endeavour is carrying 6,000 flags that will be given to the families of those who died in the fall of the Twin Towers. Liftoff of Endeavour occurred at 5 19 28 p.m. EST (22 19.28 GMT). Endeavour will dock with the International Space Station on Dec. 7. STS-108 is the final Shuttle mission of 2001and the 107th Shuttle flight overall. It is the 12th flight to the Space Station. Landing of the orbiter at KSC's Shuttle Landing Facility is targeted for 1 05 p.m. EST (18 05 p.m. GMT) Dec. 16

Upon departing Brussels, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo stopped to thank and take photos with some of the people that provided support locally including the Marine Security detail and members of the motorcycle escort and plain clothes Belgium police officers. (

(L-R) Annalena Baerbock (Buendnis 90 Die Gruenen), Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs, and Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, Emir of the State of Qatar, photographed during a joint meeting in Doha, 17 May 2023. Baerbock is travelling to Saudi Arabia and Qatar on her three-day trip., Doha, Qatar, Asia

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo visits a water sanitation and hygiene USAID-NGO program site, in Boa Vista, Brazil on September 18, 2020.

At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 46-47 crewmembers Tim Peake of the European Space Agency (left), Yuri Malenchenko of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos, center) and Tim Kopra of NASA (right) pose for pictures Nov. 30 in front of the statue of Vladimir Lenin before departing for their launch site at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Malenchenko, Kopra and Tim Peake of the European Space Agency will launch Dec. 15 in their Soyuz TMA-19M spacecraft for a six-month mission on the International Space Station.NASA / Seth Marcantel

JSC2010-E-185682 (8 Nov. 2010) --- Attired in Russian Sokol launch and entry suits, Russian cosmonaut Dmitry Kondratyev (center), Expedition 26 flight engineer and Expedition 27 commander; along with NASA astronaut Catherine Coleman and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Paolo Nespoli, both Expedition 26/27 flight engineers, take a break from training in Star City, Russia to pose for a portrait.

Expedition 43 NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly, left, Russian Cosmonauts Gennady Padalka, 2nd from left, and Mikhail Kornienko of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) attend a Soyuz TMA-16M Trajectory and Flight Plan briefing, Thursday, March 19, 2015 at Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Kelly, Padalka, and Kornienko of Roscosmos are preparing for launch to the International Space Station in their Soyuz TMA-16M spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan March 28, Kazakh time. As the one-year crew, Kelly and Kornienko will return to Earth on Soyuz TMA-18M in March 2016.

JSC2001-E-08304 (22 March 2001) --- Astronaut James D. Wetherbee (left), STS-102 mission commander, is greeted by JSC Acting Director Roy S. Estess following crew arrival at Ellington Field.

Expedition 39 Soyuz Commander Mikhail Tyurin of Roscosmos, second from left, is welcomed home by family, friends, and government officials at the Chkalovsky airport outside Star City, Russia, Wednesday, May 14, 2014. Tyurin, Expedition 39 Commander Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), and Flight Engineer Rick Mastracchio of NASA landed in their Soyuz TMA-11M spacecraft earlier in the day near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan. Wakata, Tyurin and Mastracchio returned to Earth after more than six months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 38 and 39 crews.

Expedition 11 astronaut John Phillips smiles after landing, Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2005, near Arlalyk, Kazakhstan. Phillips and Expedition 11 cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev, landed after a six-month mission in orbit. Along with American businessman Greg Olsen, who visited the station for more than a week, Phillips and Krikalev returned to Earth aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft.

Upon departing Brussels, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo stopped to thank and take photos with some of the people that provided support locally including the Marine Security detail and members of the motorcycle escort and plain clothes Belgium police officers. (

At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, the prime and backup Expedition 46-47 crewmembers pose for pictures Nov. 30 in front of the statue of Vladimir Lenin before departing for their launch site at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. From left to right are backup crewmembers, Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Kate Rubins of NASA and Anatoly Ivanishin of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) and prime crewmembers Tim Peake of the European Space Agency (left), Yuri Malenchenko of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) and Tim Kopra of NASA. Malenchenko, Kopra and Tim Peake of the European Space Agency will launch Dec. 15 in their Soyuz TMA-19M spacecraft for a six-month mission on the International Space Station.NASA / Seth Marcantel

Expedition 57 Flight Engineer Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos, left, and Flight Engineer Nick Hague of NASA wave farewell outside the Cosmonaut Hotel prior to departing for launch on a Soyuz rocket, Thursday, Oct. 11, 2018 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. During the Soyuz spacecraft's climb to orbit, an anomaly occurred, resulting in an abort downrange. The crew was quickly recovered and is in good condition.

Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees and Migration Eric Schwartz speaks with a Rohingya boy in Cox's Bazar District, Bangladesh, on June 7, 2011.

JSC2000-E-27078 (16 October 2000) ---Expedition One crew members in Moscow.From left, flight engineer Sergei Krikalev, expedition coammander William (Bill) Shepherd and Soyuz pilot Yuri Gidzenko.

Expedition 19 Commander Gennady I. Padalka is helped into a seat where his suit will be pressure checked in preparation for his Soyuz launch to the International Space Station with Flight Engineer Michael R. Barratt and Spaceflight Participant Charles Simonyi on Thursday, March 26, 2009 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. (

At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 59 prime crewmembers Christina Koch of NASA (left), Nick Hague of NASA (second from left), and backup crewmembers Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency (second from right) and Drew Morgan of NASA (right) share a moment Feb. 26 before departing for their launch site at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for final pre-launch training. Hague, Koch and Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos will launch on March 14, U.S. time, on the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station.NASA/Beth Weissinger

jsc2019e036808 - At the Gagarin Museum at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 60 crewmembers Drew Morgan of NASA (left), Alexander Skvortsov of Roscosmos (center) and Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency (right) pose for pictures June 28 during pre-launch activities. They will launch July 20 on the Soyuz MS-13 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a mission on the International Space Station...Andrey Shelepin/GCTC.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with staff and families of U.S. Embassy Guyana, in Georgetown, Guyana, on September 18, 2020.

Nikola Eterović (Saint See) is received by Frank-Walter Steinmeier (President of the Federal Republic of Germany) in front of the Federal President's New Year's Reception at Bellevue Palace, Berlin 14 January 2025

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Aboard their aircraft en route to their launch site in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, ISS Expedition 48-49 crewmembers Kate Rubins of NASA (left), Anatoly Ivanishin of Roscosmos (center) and Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (right) pose for pictures after affixing their mission insignia stickers to the wall June 24 following their departure from their training base in Star City, Russia. The trio will launch July 7 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on the Soyuz MS-01 spacecraft for a planned four-month mission on the International Space Station.NASA/Alexander Vysotsky

Indian Ambassador to the U.S. Meera Shankar, with U.S. Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Judith McHale, delivers the closing remarks at the U.S.-India People to People Conference held at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on October 28, 2010.

Monica Macy, wife of Chief Warrant Officer 5 Robert Macy, incoming command chief warrant officer, 110th Aviation Brigade, is presented with a bouquet of yellow roses during the change of responsibility ceremony at Howze Parade Field, Fort Rucker, Alabama, June 21, 2022.

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Madrid, May 2, 2025. The medal presentation ceremony for May 2nd, CAM Day, was held at the headquarters of the Community of Madrid, presided over by Isabel Díaz Ayuso. Photo: Jaime García. ARCHDC.

jsc2018e050833 - At the Cosmonaut Hotel crew quarters in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Expedition 56 crewmember Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency waters a tree May 29 first planted prior to his initial flight into space in 2014 as crewmates Serena Aunon-Chancellor of NASA (center) and Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos look on. They will launch June 6 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on the Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft for a six-month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Victor Zelentsov.

Tim Peake of the European Space Agency is carried to a medical tent after he and Tim Kopra of NASA and Yuri Malenchenko of Roscosmos landed in their Soyuz TMA-19M spacecraft in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Saturday, June 18, 2016. Kopra, Peake, and Malenchenko are returning after six months in space where they served as members of the Expedition 46 and 47 crews onboard the International Space Station.

JSC2005-E-36547 (26 Aug. 2005) --- Attired in Russian Sokol suits, the Soyuz TMA-7 crew pauses from a busy training schedule in Star City, Russia to pose for a crew portrait. From the left are Greg Olsen, Soyuz Spaceflight Participant; cosmonaut Valery I. Tokarev, Expedition 12 flight engineer and Soyuz commander, and astronaut William S. McArthur, Jr., Expedition 12 commander and NASA Space Station science officer.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Expedition Five crew members wave to onlookers as they leave KSC for Houston. From left are Science Officer Peggy Whitson and Commander Valery Korzun. Not seen is Flight Engineer Sergei Treschev. The three returned to Earth Dec. 7 on Endeavour, with the STS-113 crew, after six months on the International Space Station.

After the event in Eisenhower Hall concluded, the participants walked to the Haig Room at the Jefferson Library to exchange knowledge and share cultural mannerisms in an informal setting.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The STS-120 crew walks across the parking area of the Shuttle Landing Facility after arrival at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. From left are Commander Pamela Melroy, Pilot George Zamka and Mission Specialists Scott Parazynski, Doug Wheelock, Stephanie Wilson, Daniel Tani and Paolo Nespoli, who represents the European Space Agency. Tani will be remaining on the International Space Station to join the Expedition 16 crew after the mission is complete. The crew has returned to Kennedy to prepare for launch aboard space shuttle Discovery at 11:38 a.m. EDT on Oct. 23. The mission will be the 23rd shuttle flight to the International Space Station, delivering the Italian-built U.S. Node 2, called Harmony. The 14-day mission includes five spacewalks -- four by shuttle crew members and one by the stations Expedition 16 crew -- to install Harmony and move the P6 solar arrays to their permanent position and deploy them. Discovery is expected to complete its mis

Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff participates in a tour and sit down conversation with Washington DC Mayor Muriel Bowser at Hook Hall, Mar 8, 2021, in Washington.

JSC2009-E-049820 (February 2009) --- Attired in Russian Sokol launch and entry suits, cosmonaut Gennady Padalka (center), Expedition 19/20 commander; astronaut Michael Barratt (right), Expedition 19/20 flight engineer; and U.S. spaceflight participant Charles Simonyi join hands as they pose for a portrait in Star City, Russia.

At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the crewmembers who will round out the Expedition 30 crew on the International Space Station pose for pictures in front of their Soyuz TMA-03 spacecraft during a dress rehearsal fit check Dec. 9, 2011. NASA Flight Engineer Don Pettit (left), Soyuz Commander Oleg Kononenko (center) and Flight Engineer Andre Kuipers of the European Space Agency (right) will launch Dec. 21 from Baikonur to the station.

At Red Square in Moscow, Expedition 57 crewmember Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos lays flowers at the Kremlin Wall where Russian space icons are interred Sept. 17 as part of traditional ceremonies. Ovchinin and Nick Hague of NASA will launch Oct. 11 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on the Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft for a six-month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Elizabeth Weissinger.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers remarks at the flag-raising ceremony at the newly re-opened U.S. Embassy in Havana, Cuba, on August 14, 2015. The American flag is raised at the Embassy for the first time in 54 years.

Expedition 27 Russian Flight Engineer Andrey Borisenko, sitting far left, smiles as NASA Flight Engineer Ron Garan flashes the peace sign to friends and family as they await to have their Russian Sokol suits prepared for launch on April 5, 2011 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

Bystanders observe President Barack Obama as he walks around the G-8 summit site in L'Aquila, Italy, July 9, 2009.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with staff and families of U.S. Embassy Luanda in Luanda, Angola, on February 17, 2020.

NORFOLK, Va. (Dec. 03, 2022) Sailors and volunteers greet Gold Star Family members during the annual Snowball Express event at the Norfolk International Airport Dec. 03, 2022. The Snowball Express is funded by the Gary Sinise foundation and sends families of fallen service members on a trip to Disney World to help them bond and strengthen relationships with other Gold Star families.

JSC2009-E-049944 (February 2009) --- Attired in Russian Sokol launch and entry suits, European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Frank De Winne (right), Expedition 20 flight engineer and Expedition 21 commander; cosmonaut Roman Romanenko (center) and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Robert Thirsk, both Expedition 20/21 flight engineers, take a break from training in Star City, Russia to pose for a portrait.

RRT Erbil Team Leader Andy Snow celebrate at the ribbon cutting ceremony for USAID-funded orphanage/eldercare facility in Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan, Iraq, April 2010.

JSC2011-E-024230 (24 Feb. 2011) --- Attired in Russian Sokol launch and entry suits, Russian cosmonaut Andrey Borisenko (right), Expedition 27 flight engineer and Expedition 28 commander; along with Russian cosmonaut Alexander Samokutyaev (center) and NASA astronaut Ron Garan, both Expedition 27/28 flight engineers, take a break from training in Star City, Russia to pose for a portrait.

ASTANA, KAZAKHSTAN - Expedition Six Commander Ken Bowersox (center), Flight Engineer Nikolai Budarin (left) and NASA ISS Science Officer Don Pettit (not pictured) are welcomed to Kazakhstan by Cosmonaut Talgat Musabayev. The Expedition Six Soyuz capsule landed in Kazakhstan. The Expedition Six crew spent 161 days in space, 159 manning the International Space Station.

Expedition 56 Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos is carried to a medical tent shortly after he, Expedition 56 Commander Drew Feustel, and Flight Engineer Ricky Arnold of NASA landed in their Soyuz MS-08 spacecraft near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Thursday, Oct. 4, 2018. Feustel, Arnold, and Artemyev are returning after 197 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 55 and 56 crews onboard the International Space Station.

JSC2010-E-038792 (March 2010) --- Taking a break from training in Russia is the backup crew for Expedition 23. From the left are NASA astronaut Scott Kelly along with Russian cosmonauts Alexander Samokutyaev (backup Soyuz CDR) and Andrey Borisenko.

Flag ceremony for retiring foreign service officer Joseph Presel, former U.S. Ambassador to Uzbekistan, and Deputy Coordinator for Regional Affairs in the New Independent States of the former Soviet Union. Director General of the Foreign Service, Ruth Davis, presided at the ceremony.

President Barack Obama plays soccer with children at the Cidade de Deus (City of God) favela Community Center in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, March 20, 2011.

Expedition 57 Flight Engineer Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos talks to his family after having his Sokol suit pressure checked ahead of his launch on a Soyuz rocket with Flight Engineer Nick Hague of NASA, Thursday, Oct. 11, 2018 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. During the Soyuz spacecraft's climb to orbit, an anomaly occurred, resulting in an abort downrange. The crew was quickly recovered and is in good condition.

Expedition 33 Commander Sunita Williams of NASA is carried to a medical tent shortly after she and Flight Engineers Yuri Malenchenko of ROSCOSMOS (Russian Federal Space Agency), and Akihiko Hoshide of JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency), landed their Soyuz spacecraft in a remote area outside the town of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, on Monday, Nov. 19, 2012. Williams, Hoshide and Malenchenko returned from four months onboard the International Space Station.

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides on tour of the Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village, Dearborn, Michigan

Secretary Gale Norton touring the displays at the debut of the Lewis and Clark Bicentennial traveling exhibit, Corps of Discovery II, at Monticello, Virginia

Mehmet Daimagueler, Commissioner against Antiziganism in Germany, photographed during the commemoration ceremony at the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe in Berlin, 31 January 2024 / Photographed on behalf of the Federal Ministry for Women, Senior Citizens, Family and Youth

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo, joined by Advisor to the President Ivanka Trump, presents a certificate to 2019 'TIP Report Hero' Camilious Machingura of Zimbabwe. Camilious Machingura is one of eight individuals from around the world who was recognized for hi efforts to fight against human trafficking, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, DC on June 20, 2019.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with staff and families of U.S. Embassy Addis Ababa and US Mission to the African Union in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on February 18, 2020.

Hurricane/Tropical Storm - Biloxi, Miss. , August 24, 2010 -- Citizens attend a City Council meeting in the newly renovated City Hall. The historic building was damaged in Hurricane Katrina.

Deputy Secretary Robert Zoellick hosting meeting with Alpha Oumar Konare, Chair of the African Union Commission and former President of Mali, concerning the mission of the African Union forces in the Darfur region of Sudan

In the pre-dawn hours at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center at Star City, Russia on Dec. 8, 2011, the prime crewmembers who will round out Expedition 30 on the International Space Station answer questions from reporters prior to their departure for the launch site at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. From left to right are NASA Flight Engineer Don Pettit, Soyuz Commander Oleg Kononenko and Flight Engineer Andre Kuipers of the European Space Agency. Kononenko, Pettit and Kuipers will launch to the ISS on Dec. 21 in their Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft.

Bulgaria, Veliko Tarnovo, men in traditional dress,

jsc2018e010817 - Expedition 55 crewmembers Drew Feustel of NASA (left), Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos (center) and Ricky Arnold of NASA pose for pictures at the airstrip in Baikonur, Kazakhstan after their arrival March 4 following a flight from their training base outside of Moscow. The trio will launch March 21 on the Soyuz MS-08 spacecraft for a five month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Victor Zelentsov.

Expedition 24 Commander Alexander Skvortsov laughs after being given fresh fruit and vegetables shortly after landing in the Soyuz TMA-18 spacecraft with fellow crew members Tracy Caldwell Dyson and Mikhail Kornienko near the town of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan on Saturday, Sept. 25, 2010. Russian Cosmonauts Skvortsov and Kornienko and NASA Astronaut Caldwell Dyson, are returning from six months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 23 and 24 crews.

Expedition 33 Commander Sunita Williams of NASA smiles and gives a thumbs up in a chair outside the Soyuz Capsule after she and Flight Engineers Yuri Malenchenko of ROSCOSMOS (Russian Federal Space Agency), and Akihiko Hoshide of JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency), landed their Soyuz spacecraft in a remote area outside the town of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, on Monday, Nov. 19, 2012. Williams, Hoshide and Malenchenko returned from four months onboard the International Space Station.

JSC2001-E-08313 (22 March 2001) --- Astronaut William M. (Bill) Shepherd (center), Expedition One mission commander, is flanked by his two cosmonaut crewmates as they greet a crowd gathered for a crew return ceremony in Ellington Field's Hangar 990. Yuri P. Gidzenko (right foreground) served as Soyuz commander for the first staffing of the International Space Station (ISS) andSergei K. Krikalev (left) was flight engineer.

jsc2020e017066 - Expedition 63 Preflight - Expedition 63 crewmembers Chris Cassidy of NASA, left, and Anatoly Ivanishin, center, and Ivan Vagner of Roscosmos leave their Cosmonaut Hotel crew quarters in Baikonur, Kazakhstan to travel to their suit up facility for launch on the Soyuz MS-16 rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Thursday, April 9, 2020. They are beginning a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station.

Expedition 9 Commander Gennady Padalka, center, and Expedition 9 Flight Engineer Michael Fincke, background, exit the Gargarin Cosmonaut Training Center's airplane to an awaiting crowd of officials and family members after their flight from Kustanay, Kazakhstan, Sunday, October 24, 2004.

Undersecretary of the Air Force Gina Ortiz Jones speaks with Air Force Band member Master Sgt. Hillary Grobe before the Washington Spirit-Gotham FC soccer match in Washington, D.C., Sept. 17, 2022. Jones made the coin toss at the beginning of the match. Washington won 2-0.

PHOTO DATE: May 26, 2009LOCATION:Ellington Field - Hanger 990SUBJECT: STS-125 Crew Return Ceremony, and autograph session at Ellington Field.

JSC2013-E-076001 (20 June 2013) --- NASA astronaut Steve Swanson, Expedition 37 backup crew member, attired in a Russian Sokol launch and entry suit, takes a break from training in Star City, Russia to pose for a portrait.

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Mount Rainier National Park in Washington, where he delivered the keynote address at the grand opening and dedication ceremony for the new Henry M. Jackson Memorial Visitor Center in the Paradise area of the Park. Secretary Kempthorne was joined at the event by dignitaries including: Washington Congressman Norman Dicks, chairman of the House Subcommittee on National Parks; National Park Service Pacific West Regional Director Jonathan Jarvis; Mount Rainier Superintendent Dave Uberuaga; Interior Assistant Secretary for Water and Science, Kameran Onley; Nisqually tribal elder Zelma McCloud; and Peter Jackson of the Henry M. Jackson Foundation.

With the statue of Vladimir Lenin serving as a backdrop, the Expedition 38/39 prime crewmembers pose for pictures October 26 at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia. From left to right are Flight Engineer Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Soyuz Commander Mikhail Tyurin and NASA Flight Engineer Rick Mastracchio. After the photo opportunity, the crewmembers flew to the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for final preparations for their launch Nov. 7, Kazakh time, in the Soyuz TMA-11M spacecraft to begin a six-month mission on the International Space Station.NASA/Stephanie Stoll

Ingo Arndt and team rat for South Georgia Heritage Trust Rat Eradication Project, Grytviken, South Georgia Island

RETIRED NASA ASTRONAUT SCOTT KELLY, LEFT, AND PAYLOAD PLANNING MANAGER TONY PITTMAN PAUSE FOR A PHOTO BEFORE HANGING THE MISSION PATCH FOR EXPEDITION 46 ON THE WALL OF THE PAYLOAD OPERATIONS INTEGRATION CENTER

A young man graduating from high school, Sweden.

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