Official Ceremonial Events

Images from formal ceremonies and official gatherings, showcasing prominent figures in diplomatic and civic contexts, with an emphasis on decorum.

Annalena Baerbock (Buendnis 90 Die Gruenen), Bundesaussenministerin, nimmt Teil am Treffen der G7- Aussenministerinnen und Aussenminister in Tokyo, Japan. L-R: High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Bor

Madrid, 05/02/2023. Díaz Ayuso delivers the medals of the Community of Madrid and decorations of the Order of May 2 and subsequent floral offering with a civic-military ceremony. Photo: Jaime García. ARCHDC.

Annalena Baerbock (Buendnis 90 Die Gruenen), Bundesaussenministerin, nimmt Teil am Treffen der G7- Aussenministerinnen und Aussenminister in Tokyo, Japan. L-R: High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Bor

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry walks with U.S. Ambassador to Albania Donald Lu as they depart the National History Museum in Tirana, Albania, on February 14, 2016, following a meeting with civil society members.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry walks with his counterparts down a dock as he hosts the Foreign Ministers from the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, and the European Union for a cruise around Boston Harbor in Boston, Massachusetts, on September 24, 2016, amid a daylong series of meetings of the so-called Quintet in the Secretary's home-state of Massachusetts.

President Joe Biden listens as a member of the U.S. Air Force Band plays the bagpipes in honor of St. Patricks Day on Wednesday, March 17, 2021, in the Grand Foyer of the White House.

Vice President Mike Pence greets Acting NASA Administrator Robert Lightfoot after arriving at the Shuttle Landing Facility (SLF) to highlight innovations made in America and tour some of the public/private partnership work that is helping to transform Kennedy Space Center (KSC) into a multi-user spaceport on Thursday, July 6, 2017 in Cape Canaveral, Florida.

Secretary Michael R. Pompeo arrives in Abu Dhabi and is greeted by Charg� d�Affaires Steven C. Bondy on June 24, 2019.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo and Mrs. Susan Pompeo arrive in Mal�, Maldives, on October 28, 2020.

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Vice President Mike Pence and U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo prepare for a meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara, Turkey, on October 17, 2019.

Chai Zemien, Chinese ambassador to the United States, and the delegation from the People's Republic of China arrive at Sea World for a tour. Base: San Diego State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Madrid, 06/27/2024. Congress of Deputies. Act in memory and tribute to the Victims of Terrorism. Photo: Jaime García. ARCHDC.

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Santiago de Compostela, 04/29/2022. Farewell to Alberto Núñez Feijóo. Photo: Miguel Muñiz. Archdc.

Emergency Planning and Security - Bennington, Vt. , Aug. 17, 2012 Deputy Administrator Richard Serino (left, foreground) is given a tour of Bennington College, site of the FEMA Think Tank on the role of faith-based and community organizations in advancing the whole community approach to emergency management. The tour was conducted by Joan Goodrich (right) Vice President for Planning and Special Programs at Bennington College. Paul Ford (background, left) Deputy Regional Adminstrator, FEMA Region I accompanies the tour... Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

President Barack Obama, NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and fellow NATO leaders step down from a photo platform April 4, 2009, following their group photo at the NATO meeting in Strasbourg, France.

A woman in traditional Mongolian dress greets U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry with a gift of aaruul - dried cheese curds - as he arrives 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.

Annalena Baerbock (Alliance 90/The Greens), Federal Foreign Minister, takes a photo as part of her participation in the international humanitarian conference on Sudan and its neighbouring countries. Here she is greeted by Stephane Sejourne, Foreign Minister of France, at the Quai d'Orsay Foreign Ministry. 'Photographed on behalf of the Federal Foreign Office'

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry poses with Mongolian President Tsakhia Elbegdorj and their respective delegations on June 5, 2016, at the Ikh Tenger leadership compound in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, before a bilateral meeting following an earlier conversation with Mongolian Foreign Minister Lundeg Purevsuren.

Expedition 58 crew, from top right to bottom right, Flight Engineer Anne McClain of NASA, Soyuz Commander Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos, and Flight Engineer David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) speak to leadership of Roscosmos, NASA, and the CSA after having their Russian Sokol suits pressure checked in preparation for their launch aboard the Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft on Monday, Dec. 3, 2018, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket is scheduled for the same day and will carry Kononenko, Saint-Jacques, and McClain into orbit to begin their six and a half month mission on the International Space Station.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Kazakhstan Foreign Minister Mukhtar Tileuberdi in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, on February 2, 2020.

American Foreign Service Association (AFSA) awards ceremony, led by AFSA President J. Anthony Holmes, in Benjamin Franklin Room. Awardees included .

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken participates in an oceans plastics event, in Nairobi, Kenya, on November 18, 2021.

National Council for International Visitors reception in Benjamin Franklin Room

Madrid, 10/19/2023. Senate Palace. Appearance of the various regional presidents before the General Commission of the Autonomous Communities of the Senate in a debate on the effective application of the principles of equality before the law of all Spaniards. Pere Aragonés, Alfonso Rueda, Juanma Moreno, Mañueco, Marga Prohens, Juan Espadas, Fernandez Vara... Photo: Jaime García. ARCHDC.

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. (

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo attends Memorial for the victims of the January 2019 attack in Bogot�, Colombia, on January 20, 2020.

Madrid, June 17, 2023. Las Ventas bullring. Bullfight with Sebastián Castella, Emilio de Justo, and Fernando Adrián, in the presence of His Majesty King Felipe and authorities. Photo: Guillermo Navarro. ARCHDC.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, joined by U.S. Ambassador to Mongolia Jennifer Galt, shakes hands with Mongolian State Secretary Gankhuyag 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.

South Africa's President Nelson Mandela shakes hands with COL. Rudman of South Africa before departing the flightline. Base: Andrews Air Force Base State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) pictured at the traditional reception for carol singers at the Federal Chancellery in Berlin, 8 January 2024

The prime crew for the launch of the Soyuz TMA-19 spacecraft to the International Space Station conducts its ceremonial tour of Red Square May 31, 2010 prior to flying to the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for final prelaunch preparations. From left to right are prime crewmembers Doug Wheelock, Soyuz Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin and Flight Engineer Shannon Walker. They are scheduled to liftoff June 16 to the International Space Station.

Madrid, 06/27/2024. Congress of Deputies. Act in memory and tribute to the Victims of Terrorism. Photo: Jaime García. ARCHDC.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry walks with Ethiopian Foreign Minister Tedros Adhanom at the 50th anniversary African Union Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on May 25, 2013.

Secretary Secretary of State John J. Sullivan lays a memorial wreath in Washington, D.C., September 11, 2018.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry participates in an event on Unaccompanied Alien Children in New York City on September 23, 2014. The Secretary is participating in events in conjunction with the 69th Session of the United Nations General Assembly.

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U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is greeted by Djiboutian Foreign Minister Mahmoud Ali Youssouf upon arrival at the Djibouti International Airport in Djibouti, Djibouti on March 9, 2018.

Federal Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock (Alliance 90/The Greens) at the meeting with the President of the State of Israel, Mr Yitzchak Herzog. Baerbock is travelling to Israel, the Palestinian Territories and the Arab Republic from 7 January to 14 January 2024

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France, Brittany, Dinan on 2022-06-08. The new Minister of National Education Pap Ndiaye is visiting Dinan in Brittany as part of the campaign for the legislative elections to support Herve Berville, outgoing deputy of Ensemble! Majorite Presidentielle, in the 2nd constituency of Cotes-d Armor. Photograph by Martin Bertrand.France, Bretagne, Dinan le 2022-06-08. Le nouveau Ministre de l Education Nationale Pap Ndiaye en deplacement a Dinan en Bretagne dans le cadre de la campagne des elections legislatives pour soutenir Herve Berville, depute sortant de Ensemble ! Majorite Presidentielle, dans la 2eme circonscription des Cotes-d Armor. Photographie de Martin Bertrand.

Madrid, 02/23/2022. The president of the Community of Madrid, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, participates in the minute of silence at the Real Casa de Correos, headquarters of the regional Government, in tribute to the victims of the Villa de Pitanxo fishing boat. Photo: Jaime García. ARCHDC.

Deputy Secretary of State Antony "Tony" Blinken enjoys traditional Moldovan bread and salt offered by the Embassy Chisinau community during his trip to the Moldovan capital city on March 3, 2015.

Madrid, June 1, 2025. Berlin Park. People's Party (PP) rally under the slogan "2 years with more enthusiasm." Speakers: Alberto Núñez Feijóo, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, José Luis Martínez Almeida, and Alfonso Carlos Serrano. Photo: De San Bernardo. ARCHDC.

U.S. President Barack Obama participates in a family photo with African leaders on the final day of the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on August 6, 2014.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Norwegian Foreign Minister Ine S�reide at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on September 3, 2021.

Visit by Secretary Gale Norton to Mackinac Island, Michigan for address on national energy issues to the Detroit Regional Chamber of Commerce's annual Mackinac Policy Conference at the Grand Hotel; and for tours of the environs

Bogdan Borusewicz (co-founder of Solidarnosc), Kai Wegner (Governing Mayor of Berlin), Frank-Walter Steinmeier (President of the Federal Republic of Germany) and Axel Klausmeier (Director of the Berlin Wall Foundation) light candles at the Berlin Wall Memorial at the central commemorative event at the Berlin Wall Memorial to mark the 35th anniversary of the fall of the Wall in Berlin, 9 November 2024

Retirement ceremony for Helen Ellis and Lee Young, members of Deputy Secretary's staff, with appearances by current Deputy Secretary Richard Armitage, former Deputy Secretary Strobe Talbott, and former Deputy Secretary and Acting Secretary Lawrence Eagleburger, among other officials

NASA Associate Administrator for the Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate William Gerstenmaier speaks with the Soyuz MS-09 crew from the Moscow Mission Control Center in Korolev, Russia a few hours after the Soyuz MS-09 docked to the International Space Station on Friday, June 8, 2018. Hatches were opened at 11:17am EDT (6:17pm Moscow time) and Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos, Serena Auñón-Chancellor of NASA, and Alexander Gerst of ESA (European Space Agency) joined Expedition 56 Commander Drew Feustel of NASA, Ricky Arnold of NASA, and Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos onboard the orbiting laboratory.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry greets the staff and families from the U.S. Embassy in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, at the U.S. Ambassador's Residence in Ulaanbaatar on June 5, 2016, before the Secretary held bilateral meetings with Mongolian Foreign Minister Lundeg Purevsuren and Mongolian President Tsakhia Elbegdorj.

Katharina Guenther-Wuensch, Senator for Education, Youth and Family, Lisa Paus, Federal Minister for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth, and Kai Wegner, Governing Mayor of Berlin, taken at the L§ndervereinbarung KiTa contract signing ceremony at the Rotes Rathaus in Berlin, 30.06.2023., Berlin, Germany, Europe

Trip to Europe: Ireland, Dublin: President Kennedy receives Honorary Freedom of the City of Dublin, St. Patrick's Hall, Dublin Castle. President John F. Kennedy (right, with back to camera) greets members of the Dublin City Council after receiving an Honorary Freedom of the City of Dublin, during a ceremony at St. Patricks Hall in Dublin Castle, Dublin, Ireland. Also pictured: Lord Mayor of Dublin, Alderman Seán Moore (right of President Kennedy); the Presidents sisters, Jean Kennedy Smith (partially hidden behind the Lord Mayor) and Eunice Kennedy Shriver (far right).

Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) pictured at the traditional reception for carol singers at the Federal Chancellery in Berlin, 8 January 2024

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry walks with Luxembourgian Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn and other nation's Cabinet on July 16, 2016, as they approach the Monument of Remembrance in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg, to lay flowers in memory of those killed in the terrorist truck attack in Nice, France.

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Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Maldivian Foreign Minister Abdulla Shahid in Mal�, Maldives, on October 28, 2020.

The Sudeten German Day, here in Nuremberg on 1. 6. 1971, was a mixture of demonstration, rally and camp life for the youth, Germany, Europe

Leon Behin, Generaldirektor des Zivil- und Katastrophenschutzes von Slowenien, Annalena Baerbock (Buendnis 90 Die Gruenen), Bundesaussenministerin, und Tanja Fajon, Aussenministerin von Slowenien, aufgenommen im Rahmen eines Besuches des Nationalen Logis

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry poses with representatives of the 10 member-nations, as well as the Secretary-General, of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations for a group photo before the start of a U.S.-ASEAN Summit meeting in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei, on October 9, 2013.

0888:At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 40/41 backup crewmember Samantha Cristoforetti of the European Space Agency (right) signs a ceremonial book at the Gagarin Museum May 8 as her Soyuz Commander, Anton Shkaplerov of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) looks on. Cristoforetti, Shkaplerov and Terry Virts of NASA are the backups to prime crewmembers Max Suraev of Roscosmos, Reid Wiseman of NASA and Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency, who are preparing for launch May 29, Kazakh time, in the Soyuz TMA-13M spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a 5 ½ month mission on the International Space Station.NASA/Stephanie Stoll

Secretary Gale Norton, second from left, and Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Neal McCaleb, third from left, among dignitaries attending the ground blessing ceremony for a new, $38 million classroom and dormitory complex at the Santa Fe Indian School, Santa Fe, New Mexico

Visit of the 1,000,000th visitor to the White House for 1962, William and Eleanor Nealy, 11:15AM. Presidential Assistant, John J. McNally, shakes hands with William G. Nealy, Jr. (center left), the one millionth visitor to the White House in 1962. East Wing Lobby, White House, Washington, D.C.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry greets members of the Embassy Riyadh staff and their family members during a visit to Saudi Arabia on November 4, 2013.

Andujar, Jaen Province, Andalusia, Spain. Couple on a balcony with a banner for the Virgen de la Cabeza watching a procession at a religious festival.

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Satish Kumar speaking at graduation event, Schumacher College, Dartington Hall estate, Totnes, Devon, England, UK May 2024.

Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) pictured at the traditional reception for carol singers at the Federal Chancellery in Berlin, 8 January 2024

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Trilateral meeting at Villa Borsig between Germany, Armenia and Azerbaijan. Annalena Baerbock (Alliance 90/The Greens), Federal Foreign Minister. Berlin, 28.02.2024. Photographed on behalf of the Federal Foreign Office

U.S. Ambassador to Tanzania Alfonso E. Lenhardt, right, and Tanzanian Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Minister Bernard Membe, left, wave goodbye to U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton at the Julius Nyerere International Airport in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, on June 13, 2011.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza address reporters before their bilateral meeting at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on August 4, 2014. Leaders from across the African continent are in the nation's capital for a three-day U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit, the largest event any U.S. President has held with African heads of state and government.

Córdoba, 06/28/2016. Actor Harrison Ford and his wife Calista Flockhart visit the Cathedral Mosque of Córdoba. Photo: Valerio Merino ARCHCOR.

Madrid, 10/31/2023. Congress of Deputies. Act Chaired by Ss.Mm. the Kings and Ss.Aa.Rr. the Princess of Asturias Doña Leonor, and the Infanta Doña Sofía. Oath of HRH the Princess of Asturias before the Cortes Generales. Photo: Jaime García. Archdc.

06/12/2013. New Constitutional Court Judges Take Office. Madrid 06/13/2103 photo Uly Martin / Pool Archdc Uly Martin.

Madrid, 03/07/2023. Debate on the only yes means yes reform. Photo: Ángel de Antonio. ARCHDC.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson poses for a selfie with U.S. Embassy Cairo staff in Cairo, Egypt on February 12, 2018.

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(L-R) Annalena Baerbock (Buendnis 90 Die Gruenen), Bundesaussenministerin, und Tanja Fajon, Aussenministerin von Slowenien, aufgenommen im Rahmen eines gemeinsamen Treffens in Ljubljana, 05.12.2023. Baerbock reist nach Slowenien fuer Gespraeche zu bilate

Madrid, 10/19/2023. Senate Palace. Appearance of the various regional presidents before the General Commission of the Autonomous Communities of the Senate in a debate on the effective application of the principles of equality before the law of all Spaniards. Pere Aragonés, Alfonso Rueda, Juanma Moreno, Mañueco, Marga Prohens, Juan Espadas, Fernandez Vara... Photo: Jaime García. ARCHDC.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, flanked by U.S. Ambassador to Rwanda Erica Barks-Ruggles and Memorial Manager Honore Gatera, looks at an exhibit dedicate to child victims at the Gisozi Memorial Center - commemorating the 1994 Rwandan genocide - as he stops by during a visit to the Rwandan capital of Kigali on October 14, 2016, to attend a conference focused on amending the Montreal ozone layer protection protocol.

Madrid, 10/12/2022. Las Ventas bullring. Bullfight of Hispanidad with bulls by Victoriano del Río and the theoreros Talavante, Roca Rey and Francisco de Manuel. Photo: Guillermo Navarro. ARCHDC.

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Barcelona, 07/16/2019. First day of plenary session at City Hall. In the image, Josép Bou, PP councilor. Photo: Marta DÍAS. ARCHDC.

JSC2000-E-27076 (16 October 2000) ---Expedition One prime and backup crew members in Moscow. From left, cosmonaut Mikhail Turin, astronaut Kenneth D. Bowersox, cosmonaut Vladimir Dezhurov, astronaut William M. (Bill) Shepherd and cosmonauts Sergei Krikalev and Yuri P. Gidzenko. Shepherd is Expedition Oneprime crew commander; Gidzenko, prime crew Soyuz commander; and Krikalev, the prime crew's flight engineer. Bowersox, Turin and Dezhurov are backups.

Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman poses for a photo with European External Action Service Secretary General Stefano Sannino, EUMS Director-General VADM Herv� Blejean, and Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Spencer P. Boyer at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on December 2, 2021.

Secretary of State Micahel R. Pompeo officiates the ceremonial swearing-in ceremony of John Sullivan as U.S. Ambassador to Russia, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on January 10, 2020.

Secretary Gale Norton at Main Interior with members of group including Deputy Secretary J. Steven Griles, Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians Chief Phillip Martin, Choctaw counsel C. Bryant Rogers, and lobbyist Jack Abramoff

Visit of Marshall Islands President Kessai Note, right, to Department of Interior headquarters for discussions with Secretary Gale Norton on U.S. programs related to long-range impact of mid-20th Century nuclear testing in Marshall Islands vicinity

Naledi Pandor, Foreign Minister of South Africa, Dominique Hasler, Foreign Minister of Liechtenstein, Annalena Baerbock (Buendnis 90 Die Gruenen), Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs, Batmunkh Battsetseg, Foreign Minister of Mongolia, Catherine Colonna, Foreign Minister of France, and Retno Lestari Priansari Marsudi, Foreign Minister of Indonesia. Ulan Bator, 29.06.2023., Ulan Bator, Mongolia, Press conference at the end of the Female Foreign Ministers Meeting. (L-R), Asia

Expedition 36/37 Flight Engineer Karen Nyberg (right) takes a stroll through Red Square in Moscow in front of a grandstand and the Kremlin May 8 with her husband, astronaut Doug Hurley (left) and their son. Red Square was decorated for commemorative activity in honor of Russian Victor Day May 9. Nyberg, Soyuz Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin and Flight Engineer Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency are preparing for their launch May 29, Kazakh time, in their Soyuz TMA-09M spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-month mission on the International Space Station.NASA/Stephanie Stoll

Outgoing Indonesia President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and President-elect Joko Widodo stand side-by-side at the beginning of Widodo's inaugural ceremonies, in which U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry represented President Obama, in Jakarta, Indonesia, on October 20, 2014.

Madrid, 04/14/2021. National audience. Statements from witnesses and victims of the so-called "Villarejo case." In the image, arrival of the former president of Sacyr Luis del Rivero. Photo: Jaime García. ARCHDC.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry poses with Chilean President Michelle Bachelet, Prince Albert II of Monaco, and other leaders on October 5, 2015, before a dinner at Cerro Castillo in Valparaiso, Chile, at the end of the first day of the Our Ocean Conference 2015.

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.

Day of Remembrance. NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, along with representatives from the Embassy of Israel, Minister for Public Diplomacy, Sawsan Hasson, left, and Counselor for Public Diplomacy, Efrat Hochstetler, right, pause for a moment of silence after laying a wreath at the Space Shuttle Columbia Memorial during NASA's Day of Remembrance, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023, at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va. Wreaths were laid in memory of those men and women who lost their lives in the quest for space exploration.

Madrid, 06/08/2022. XIII Abc bullfighting prize To Morante de la Puebla, Carlos Val-Carreres and maximum García Padrós. In the Image, Adolfo Martín, Julio Aparicio and Javier González. Photo: Ernesto Agudo. Archdc.

Deputy Secretary of State Heather Higginbottom, far left, and U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women�s Issues Cathy Russell, far right, pose for a photo with the 2015 International Women of Courage awardees at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 6, 2015. From left, awardees include: Ms. Nadia Sharmeen, journalist, women�s rights activist (Bangladesh); Ms. Majd Chourbaji, External Relations Director, Women Now for Development Centers (Syria); Ms. May Sabe Phyu, Director, Gender Equality Network (Burma); Captain Niloofar Rahmani, Afghan Air Force (Afghanistan); Ms. Arbana Xharra, Editor-in-Chief, Zeri (Kosovo); Ms. Tabassum Adnan, Founder, Khwendo Jirga (Pakistan); Ms. Rosa Julieta Monta�o Salvatierra, Founder and Director, Oficina Jur�dica para la Mujer (Bolivia); Ms. Marie Claire Tchecola, nurse, Ebola survivor and activist (Guinea); and Ms. Sayaka Osakabe, Founder and Representative, Matahara Net (Japan).

France, Brittany, Saint-Malo on 2022-08-17. On the occasion of the 78th anniversary of the liberation of Saint-Malo, Caroline Cayeux, Minister in charge of Territorial Collectivities, co-presides the commemorative ceremony and inaugurates the fire control post of the City of Alet, restored thanks to the Heritage Foundation. Photograph by Martin Bertrand.France, Bretagne, Saint-Malo le 2022-08-17. A loccasion du 78eme anniversaire de la liberation de Saint-Malo, Caroline Cayeux, ministre deleguee chargee des Collectivites territoriales, co-preside la ceremonie commemorative et inaugure le poste directeur de tir de la Cite dAlet restaure grace a la Fondation du patrimoine. Photographie de Martin Bertrand.

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