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Naypyitaw, Myanmar

Pope Francis shakes hands with Aung San Suu Kyi as they meet at Naypyitaw’s Presidential palace. The pontiff is in the country for the first stage of a week-long visit that will also take him to neighbouring Bangladesh
Photograph: Andrew Medichini/AP