Official Visits and Meetings

Images of political or governmental figures during official engagements, meetings, and events in various locations.

Representative Madeleine Z. Bordallo, U.S. Territory of Guam

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo arrives in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, on August 16, 2020.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo prepares to depart Mal�, Maldives, en route to Jakarta, Indonesia, on October 28, 2020.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, flanked by the Foreign Ministers from the the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, and the European Union, addresses students from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy and Tisch College on September 24, 2016, at Gifford House on the campus of Tufts University in Medford, Mass., before a meeting of the so-called Quintet in the Secretary's home-state of Massachusetts.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, introduced by U.S. Ambassador to Mongolia Jennifer Galt, greets Mongolian officials after arriving at Chinggis Khaan International Airport in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, on June 5, 2016, for bilateral meetings with Mongolian Foreign Minister Lundeg Purevsuren and Mongolian President Tsakhia Elbegdorj.

Visit of the Ministers of Health of Latin American Republics, 10:00AM. President John F. Kennedy visits with Ministers of Health of Latin American republics in the Rose Garden. Visitors present include: Minister of Welfare and Public Health of Argentina, Dr. Tiburcio Padilla; Director of the National Public Health Service of Bolivia, Dr. Francisco Torres Bracamonte; Minister of Health of Brazil, Dr. Paulo Pinheiro Chagas; Minister of Public Health of Chile, Dr. Benjamín Cid; Minister of Public Health of Colombia, Dr. José Félix Patiño; Minister of Public Health of Costa Rica, Dr. Max Terán Valls; Secretary of State for Health and Social Welfare of the Dominican Republic, Dr. Samuel Mendoza Moya; Minister of Social Welfare and Public Health of Ecuador, Dr. Luis Pallares Zaldumbide; Minister of Public Health and Social Welfare of El Salvador, Dr. Ernesto R. Lima; representative of the Minister of Public Health and Welfare of Guatemala, Dr. Roberto Arroyave; Under Secretary of Public Heal

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo confers with U.S. delegation members following working dinner in Honolulu, HI, on June 16, 2020.

Representative Madeleine Z. Bordallo, U.S. Territory of Guam

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President Barack Obama walks with Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, Ambassador David Carden, US Mission to ASEAN, and Ambassador to Indonesia Scot Marciel, during the ASEAN Summit in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia, Nov. 18, 2011.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry walks along the veranda at Finca Vigia - author Ernest Hemingway's former home in San Francisco de Paula, Cuba - during a tour on August 14, 2015.

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Elaine Chao at Chinatown in New York City (NYC)

Arrival ceremony for Roberto F. Chiari, President of Panama, 11:00AM. President John F. Kennedy greets members of the official party of the President of Panama, Roberto F. Chiari, upon their arrival at the Military Air Transport Service (MATS) terminal. Left to right: owner of Radio Programas Continentales (Continental Radio Programs), Fernando Eleta; Protocol officer for the State Department, Richard J. Gookin; Commandant of the Marine Corps, General David M. Shoup; member of the National Economic Council of Panama, Rubén Darío Carles; U.S. Secretary of State, Dean Rusk (partially hidden); President Kennedy; unidentified; Deputy Chief of Protocol, William J. Tonesk (facing away); Chief of Protocol of Panama, Camilo Levy Salcedo; and Aide-de-Camp to President Chiari, Lieutenant Federico Boyd (on airplane stairs). All others are unidentified. Washington National Airport, Washington, D.C.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with U.S. Ambassador to Russia John J. Sullivan at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on April 20, 2021.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Colombian President Ivan Duque, in Cartagena, Colombia, January 2, 2019.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken delivers remarks at a Bastille Day celebration, in Washington, D.C., on July 14, 2021.

Former Secretary of Interior Stewart Udall appearing as guest of honor at Department of Interior headquarters events celebrating the contributions of the former Secretary and the late Congressman Morris Udall

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(2 May, 2012) --- At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center at Star City, Russia on May 2, 2012, the prime crew members who will round out Expedition 31 on the International Space Station pose with their families in front of a statue of Vladimir Lenin as part of their farewell sendoff to the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. From left to right are NASA Flight Engineer Joe Acaba, Soyuz Commander Gennady Padalka, and Flight Engineer Sergei Revin, -- all three wearing the orange Ribbon of St. George in honor of Russias Victory Day celebrations on May 9. The three are scheduled to launch to the space station on May 15 in their Soyuz TMA-04M spacecraft. NASA/Stephanie Stoll

President Barack Obama and President Lee Myung-bak of the Republic of Korea walk down the grand staircase following their bilateral meeting at the Blue House in Seoul, Republic of Korea, March 25, 2012.

Three mid-adult business colleagues walking down a street.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Turkmenistan Foreign Minister Rasit Meredov walk up a carpet leading to the Oguzkhan Presidential Palace in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, on November 3, 2015, before the Secretary attended a bilateral meeting with President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, and a greeted U.S. Embassy staff at Ashgabat International Airport.

3036:With the statue of Vladimir Lenin behind them, Expedition 41/42 Flight Engineer Barry Wilmore of NASA (left), Soyuz Commander Alexander Samokutyaev of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos, center) and Flight Engineer Elena Serova of Roscosmos (right) pose for pictures Sept. 12 at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia before flying to their launch site at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for final pre-launch training. The trio will launch from Baikonur on Sept. 26, Kazakh time, in their Soyuz TMA-14M spacecraft for a 5 ½ month mission on the International Space Station. Serova will become the fourth Russian woman to fly in space.NASA/Stephanie Stoll

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and delegates to the Pacific Islands Forum pose for a family photo at the Cook Islands National Auditorium, August 31, 2012.

Familienfoto, aufgenommen im Rahmen der Konferenz 'A larger, stronger Union' im Auswaertigen Amt in Berlin, 02.11.2023

Expedition 31 Soyuz Commander Gennady Padalka, left, Flight Engineer Sergei Revin, and Flight Engineer Joe Acaba, right, talk with family members after having their Russian Sokol suits pressure checked in preparation for their launch onboard the Soyuz TMA-04M on Tuesday, May 15, 2012 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz spacecraft with Padalka, Revin, and Acaba onboard, launched at 9:01 a.m. Kazakhstan time on Tuesday, May 15.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson chats with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu and Norwegian Foreign Minister Borge Brende before the Ministerial Discussion on Syria, on the margins of the 72nd Regular Session of the UN General Assembly in New York City on September 18, 2017.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry visits an artisanal complex during his visit to the 22nd UN Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference of Parties (COP22) in Marrakech, Morocco, on November 16, 2016.

With Haitian Prime Minister Evans Paul looking on, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is greeted by Haitian President Michel Martelly before their bilateral meeting at the Presidential Palace in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on October 6, 2015.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo walks with Croatian Minister of Foreign and European Affairs Gordan Grlic Radman on Stradun Street in Dubrovnik, Croatia, October 2, 2020.

jsc2019e052742 - At the airport in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, spaceflight participant Hazzaa Ali Almansoori of the United Arab Emirates (left) and Expedition 61 crewmembers Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos (center) and Jessica Meir of NASA (right) report to Russian space officials Sept. 10 upon their arrival at the launch site for final pre-launch training. They will launch on Sept. 25 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on the Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft for a mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Victor Zelentsov

Tajikistan Foreign Minister Sirodjiddin Muhriddinovich Aslov points U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry toward a greeter in traditional Tajik clothing after he arrived on November 3, 2015, at Dushanbe International Airport in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, for a bilateral meeting with President Emomail Rahmon and a greeting with local U.S. Embassy staff.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, joined by U.S. Ambassador to Colombia Kevin Whitaker and U.S. Special Envoy for the Colombian Peace Process Bernard Aronson, addresses conflict victims, ex-combatants, and at-risk youth speak about a job-training program at the Escuela Taller run by the Colombian Ministry of Culture as the delegation visits Cartagena, Colombia, on September 26, 2016, to witness a peace ceremony between the government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) that ends a five-decade conflict.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Ethiopian Foreign Minister Gedu Andargachew in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on February 18, 2020.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop, both clad in traditional Batik shirts, compare their respective shades of lavender before they attended the ASEAN Ministerial Meeting Gala Dinner on August 5, 2015, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

U.S. Ambassador to the Kyrgyz Republic Pamela Spratlen, center; and U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women�s Issues Melanne Verveer, left; speak with Kyrgyz Republic President Roza Otunbayeva, right; before the opening of the Central Asia and Afghanistan Women�s Economic Symposium in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on July 18, 2011.

U.S. President Joe Biden Arrives Aboard Air Force One at Moffett Federal Airfield. Biden was greeted by acting deputy center director, David Korsmeyer, Congresswoman Anna Eshoo, Senator Alex Padilla, and California Governor Gavin Newsom before boarding the Marine One helicopter to view consequences of flooding and other storm impacts along Californias central coast.

Expedition 8 Soyuz Commander and Flight Engineer Alexander Kaleri, left, Expedition 8 Commander Michael Foale, European Space Agency astronaut Pedro Duque of Spain, right, along with Valery Korzun, Chief of Cosmonauts, rear, arrive in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Sunday, Oct. 12, 2003.

Expedition 19 Flight Engineer Michael R. Barratt, left, Commander Gennady I. Padalka, center, and Spaceflight Participant Charles Simonyi pose for a photograph after the traditional tree planting ceremony at the Cosmonaut Hotel, Saturday, March 21, 2009 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan.

Madrid, 04/03/2024. The president of the Popular Party, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, together with the spokesperson for the Popular Parliamentary Group in the Senate, Alicia García, hold a meeting with councillors on the occasion of the debate on the PP motion in support of the councillors of the towns and municipalism in the Upper House. Photo: Jaime García. ARCHDC.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry poses with U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew, Chinese Vice Premier Liu Yandong, Chinese Vice Premier Wang Yang, Chinese State Councilor Yang Jiechi, and U.S. Ambassador to China Max Baucus on June 6, 2016, in the Banquet Hall at the Diaoyutai Guest House complex in Beijing, China, before a group photo preceding a dinner to conclude the first day of a two-day Strategic and Economic Dialogue between their respective countries.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott listen to newly installed Indonesian President Joko Widodo address his guests at a reception after they attended his inauguration ceremonies in Jakarta, Indonesia, on October 20, 2014.

Flanked by his crewmates, Expedition 37/38 Flight Engineer Michael Hopkins of NASA (left) and Flight Engineer Sergey Ryazanskiy (right), Soyuz Commander Oleg Kotov (center) is greeted by Russian space officials at an airport in Baikonur, Kazakhstan Sept. 13 near the launch site at the Baikonur Cosmodrome after a flight from their training base outside Moscow earlier in the day. Hopkins, Kotov and Ryazanskiy will launch from Baikonur Sept. 26, Kazakh time, in the Soyuz TMA-10M spacecraft for a five and a half month mission on the International Space Station.NASA/Victor Zelentsov

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken arrives in Quito, Ecuador on October 19, 2021.

jsc2017e114487 (Sept. 1, 2017) --- Expedition 53-54 crewmembers Mark Vande Hei (left) and Joe Acaba (right) of NASA take a moment to relish the view Sept. 1 as they toured the Kremlin in Moscow as part of traditional pre-launch ceremonies. Vande Hei, Acaba and Alexander Misurkin of Roscosmos will launch Sept. 13 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan Sept. 13 on the Soyuz MS-06 spacecraft for a five and a half month mission on the International Space Station.

South Pacific Forum, August 1982. regional Polynesian, Melanesia and other leaders meet with Australian Prime Minister Fraser (right seated) and New Zealand Premier Robert Muldoon seated 4th from right.

Secretary Colin Powell and other Department officials with Hispanic Heritage Month Program participants, Delegates Lounge

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Israel, on October 18, 2019.

American spaceflight participant Richard Garriott, left, Expedition 18 Flight Engineer Yuri V. Lonchakov and Expedition 18 Commander Michael Fincke, right, participate in the traditional blessing prior to the bus ride to building 254 where the crew don their spacesuits, Sunday, Oct. 12, 2008, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The Soyuz TMA-13 spacecraft launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan carrying Fincke, Lonchakov and Garriott.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo greets U.S. Embassy India staff and their families during his visit to New Delhi, India, September 6, 2018.

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Expedition 59 astronaut Anne McClain of NASA is carried to a medical tent shortly after she, Canadian Space Agency astronaut David Saint-Jacques, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko landed in their Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Tuesday, June 25, 2019 Kazakh time (June 24 Eastern time). McClain, Saint-Jacques, and Kononenko are returning after 204 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 58 and 59 crews onboard the International Space Station.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken participates in a Youth Event, in Bogota, Colombia, on October 21, 2021.

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to the Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site in Hodgenville, Kentucky, where he joined First Lady Laura Bush, Historic Site Superintendent Keith Pruitt, and Libby O'Connell, Chief Historian of A and E Television's History Channel, for tours, remarks, interactions with National Park Service staff and visitors

First official day at the Department of the Interior: Secretary Dirk Kempthorne touring Main Interior and National Mall, meeting officials, staff, visitors

Cosmonaut Alexander Kaleri, left, astronauts Michael Foale, Edward T. Lu, NASA International Space Station Science Officer and Flight Engineer and Expedition 7 Commander Yuri Malenchenko, right, attend the ceremonial flag raising at the Cosmonaut Hotel, Kazakhstan, Monday, April 21, 2003.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is greeted with a traditional garland of flowers given to him by Mrs. Nantana Sivakua, Director General of the Department of American and South Pacific Affairs upon his arrival in Bangkok, Thailand, on August 8, 2017.

Expedition 35 crew members NASA Flight Engineer Chris Cassidy, left, Soyuz Commander Pavel Vinogradov and Russian Flight Alexander Misurkin, right, depart the Cosmonaut Hotel to suit-up for their soyuz launch to the International Space Station, Thursday, March 28, 2013, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send Cassidy, Vinogradov and Misurkin on a five and a half month mission aboard the International Space Station.

A group of passersby wave to U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry as he walks through the streets of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, the former Saigon, after arriving to accompany President Obama during his visit to Vietnam.

NEW ZEALAND, OCEANIA, SOUTH ISLAND, DUNEDIN PORT, BAGPIPER

Deputy Secretary of State John J. Sullivan meets with Grenada's Ambassador to the U.S. and OAS Dr. Angus Friday, on the margins of the 47th General Assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS) in Cancun, Mexico, on June 20, 2017.

Friends, family, NASA, Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (GCTC), and Roscosmos staff join in for a photo with Expedition 65 prime and backup crew members during an official farewell ceremony prior to their departure to Baikonur for the prime crews launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Friday, March 26, 2021 at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (GCTC) in Star City, Russia.

Friends and family of Thomas Meyer examine the contents of a time capsule at Thomas Meyer Memorial Field on Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona, Oct. 31, 2022. The field was dedicated to Thomas Meyer at a formal ceremony, Oct. 31, 1997, after he was struck and killed by a motor vehicle while riding a bicycle, Nov. 1, 1996.

Royal Visit - Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles - 26-HK-10-37. Hurricane Katrina

Honoring graduates of various schools and academies on Sukhbaatar Square with Genghis Khan monument, center of Ulan Bator, Mongolia, Asia

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken Blinken holds a Meet and Greet with U.S. Mission Indonesia, in Jakarta, Indonesia, on December 14, 2021.

President Barack Obama and Jamaican Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller gesture toward a rainbow at Norman Manley International Airport prior to the President's departure from Kingston, Jamaica, April 9, 2015.

Expedition 39 primary crew flight engineer Steve Swanson of NASA, Soyuz commander Aleksander Skvortsov of the Russian Federal Space Agency, Roscosmos, flight engineer Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos and Expedition 39 backup crew Barry Wilmore of NASA, Alexander Samokutyaev of Roscosmos, and Elena Serova of Roscosmos are seen in quarantine, behind glass, during the final press conference be Monday, March 24, 2014, at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The mission to the International Space Station is set to launch March 26 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken participates in a G7+Guests Family Photo, in London, United Kingdom, on May 5, 2021.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo delivers remarks and answers questions at The Citadel in Charleston, S.C. on November 11, 2019.

jsc2017e039768 (04/05/2017) --- At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 51 crewmembers Fyodor Yurchikhin of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos, left) and Jack Fischer of NASA (right) share a light moment April 5 as they prepared to fly to the launch site at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for final pre-launch preparations. Fischer and Fyodor Yurchikhin of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) will launch April 20 on the Soyuz MS-04 spacecraft from Baikonur for a four and a half month mission on the International Space Station. Photo: NASA/Rob Navias

Expedition 16 Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko, second from left, and Expedition 16 Commander Peggy Whitson meet with Russian officials at the foot of the airplane steps after they arrived at Chkalovsky Airport near Star City, Russia, Friday, April 19, 2008. Whitson, Malechenko and Yi landed their Soyuz TMA-11 spacecraft on April 19, 2008 in central Kazakhstan to complete 192 days in space for Whitson and Malenchenko and 11 days in orbit for Yi.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Haitian President Jovenel Moise in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, on August 16, 2020.

Spaceflight Participant Charles Simonyi, left, Expedition 19 Commander Gennady I. Padalka, center, and Flight Engineer Michael R. Barratt salute officials prior to boarding the bus that will take them to the Soyuz launch pad on Thursday, March 26, 2009 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan.

jsc2017e043075 (April 13, 2017) --- At the Cosmonaut Hotel crew quarters in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, the Expedition 51 prime and backup crewmembers take a stroll down the Walk of Cosmonauts April 13 as part of their pre-launch activities. From left to right are backup crewmember Randy Bresnik of NASA, prime crewmember Fyodor Yurchikhin of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), backup crewmember Sergey Ryazanskiy of Roscosmos and prime crewmember Jack Fischer of NASA. Fischer and Yurchikhin will liftoff April 20 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on the Soyuz MS-04 spacecraft for a four and a half month mission on the International Space Station. NASA/Victor Zelentsov

Expedition 43 prime and backup crews enjoy lunch with Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (GCTC) Flight Surgeon Alexey Grishin at the Zvjozdnyj Hotel, Thursday, March 19, 2015 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly, and Russian Cosmonauts Gennady Padalka, and Mikhail Kornienko of the Russian Federal Space Agency (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.

From left to right, Tomicah Tillemann, Senior Advisor for Civil Society and Emerging Democracies; Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Roberta S. Jacobson; Committee to Protect Journalists awardee Janet Hinostroza of Ecuador; Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor Uzra Zeya; Committee to Protect Journalists awardee Nedim Sener of Turkey; and Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Mark Toner pose for a photo at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on November 21, 2013.

Pacific Islands Tour: Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides to Guam, U.S. Territory

Crowd holding up National flags

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry poses for a photo with the American Chef Corps at the Milan Expo Reception at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on April 21, 2015.

North Korea, Pyongyang, large group of cheerful children enjoying in front of the building

Rwanda, Ruhengeri, Musanze, Iby'Iwacu Cultural village

Turkish participants in Edward R. Murrow Program for Journalists posing for group portrait, Diplomatic Entrance of the Harry S. Truman Building

Office of the Secretary - CANDIDS OF SECRETARY DONALD EVANS AND CABINET WIVES

JESUS MATEO, FRANCISCO BRINES Y DON LUIS, EN LA PRESENTACION DEL LIBRO DE LAS PINTURAS DE ALARCON.

February 1979 - Evacuees from the US Embassy in Tehran, Iran, are briefed upon their arrival at the air base terminal. (NOT Hostages).

Tours and related events, for Department of Interior senior officials and their spouses, at Interior headquarters building, Washington Monument, and other sites around National Mall in Washington, D.C.

Retirement party, U. E. Baughman, Director of Secret Service. Guests pose for a photograph at a retirement party for United States Secret Service Director U. E. Baughman in the Secret Service Office, White House, Washington, D.C. Among the guests pictured: Secret Service agents Dick Johnsen, Gerald Jerry Behn, Dave Grant, Win Lawson, Lubert Bert de Freese, Emory Roberts, Bob Foster, and Rufus Youngblood; White House Police officer, Inspector Kenneth M. Burke; Inspector for the United States Secret Service, Jackson N. Krill; Chief of White House Police, Major Ralph C. Smokey Stover.

Expedition 70 Preflight. Expedition 70 NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara, left, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko, center, and Nikolai Chub, meet with official prior to departing building 254 for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station Friday, Sept. 15, 2023 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The launch will send Expedition 70 NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara and Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub on a mission to the International Space Station.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry laughs as he notices staffers from U.S. Embassy Abuja carrying signs of his face before he addresses them and their family members on August 24, 2016, at the U.S. Embassy in Abuja, Nigeria.

jsc2019e038392 - In the town of Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Expedition 60 backup crewmembers Tom Marshburn of NASA (left), Sergey Ryzhikov of Roscosmos (center) and Soichi Noguchi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (right) greet local school children July 6 near the statue of Yuri Gagarin, the first human to fly in space, during traditional pre-launch activities. They are the backups to Drew Morgan of NASA, Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency and Alexander Skvortsov of Roscosmos, who 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.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry greets a store owner who sold him a traditional guayabera shirt after he spotted her while walking through the historic district of Cartagena, Colombia, on September 26, 2016, amid a Mass, working lunch, bilateral meetings, and a peace ceremony between the government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) that ends a five-decade conflict.

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides to Yosemite National Park, California, for touring, participation in ceremonies marking the completion of renovations to the historic Tunnel View Overlook. Joining Secretary Kempthorne at the celebration of the Tunnel View Overlook Rehabilitation Project, funded by the National Park Service and the nonprofit Yosemite Fund, were Yosemite Superintendent Mike Tollefson, National Park Service Pacific West Regional Director Jonathan Jarvis, Yosemite Fund President Bob Hansen, and other National Park Service, Yosemite Fund, local and tribal government representatives.

Fidel Castro waves to the crowd during May Day celebration in Havana, Cuba.

Blackfeet Nation citizens perform on a drum while U.S. military personnel and distinguished guests learn a circle dance at the Glacier Peaks Casino and Resort in Browning, Montana, September 8, 2022. In a show of appreciation for the construction done by members of the National Guards Innovative Readiness Training on the Blackfeet Nation Senior Center in Heart Butte, Montana, the Blackfeet Nation provided lunch and a cultural dance ceremony.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken participates in an Aboriginal heritage walk in Melbourne, Australia, on February 10, 2022.

(L-R) Annalena Baerbock (Alliance 90/The Greens), Federal Foreign Minister, and Ayman Safadi, Foreign Minister of Jordan, photographed during a joint meeting in Amman, 27 January 2024. Foreign Minister Baerbock is travelling on to Jordan for political talks at short notice after her trip to East Africa / Photographed on behalf of the Federal Foreign Office

Claire Smith (RSPB) and MSP Stewart Stevenson and others on arrival of Norwegian White tailed sea eagle chicks (Haliaeetus albicilla) at Edinburgh airport, part of the East Scotland Sea Eagle reintroduction project, Fife, Scotland, UK, June 2011

Meeting of elderly Kurdish men, Alqosh, Nineveh Province, Iraq, Asia

Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment Cathy Novelli listens to the crew of the traditional Polynesian double-hulled canoe H_k_le_a during their visit to Washington, D.C., on May 24, 2016. The Polynesian Voyaging Society M_lama Honua Worldwide Voyage is taking the iconic sailing canoe H_k_le_a around the world to help build a global movement toward a more sustainable ocean and planet.

Three mariachi musicians waiting for their next performance.

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