Euro Gallery April 2009

The Obamas leave the White House on their way to Marine 1 & the first leg of their European trip. AP photo.

The Obamas prepare to board Air Force 1 on their way to London. AP photo.

The Obamas deplane at Stansted Airport outside London. Reuters photo.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrives at 10 Downing Street prior to G-20 meetings. AP photo.

The Browns & the Obamas at 10 Downing Street this morning. Getty image.

Inside 10 Downing. Reuters photo.

Secretary Clinton, PM Gordon Brown, President Obama, Secretary Geithner at 10 Downing Street under a portrait of the first Queen Elizabeth. Reuters photo.

Nicolas Sarkozy & Angela Merkel whisper about how much fun it is to hamstring the G-20 summit. Reuters photo.

Ooolala! President Nicolas Sarkozy, Prince Charles, Charles' wife Camilla of Cornwall. Reuters photo.

Sarah Brown & Michelle Obama. Reuters photo.

Sarah Brown & Michelle Obama pour tea at Maggie's Caring Cancer Centre in West London. Reuthers photo.

Michelle Obama & Sarah Brown take a cuppa at Maggie's Caring Cancer Center. Reuters photo.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, President Obama meet ahead of the G-20 summit. AP photo.

Presidents Hu & Obama, Secretary Clinton in a meeting ahead of the G-20 talks. Reuters photo.

Michelle Obama meets Elizabeth II of England in the royal family' living quarters at Buckingham Palace. AP photo.

Barack Obama, Elizabeth II, Michelle Obama, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. AP photo.

Prince Charles, wife Camilla, Secretary Clinton. Reuters photo.

At G-20 reception, Clinton tells Sarkozy he's a horse's ass; Queen is thinking without French aid to the rebels she can retake the American colonies. At long last, Lafayette! Reuters photo.

The April 2009 G-20 "class picture." Queen Elizabeth II is seated in the center front row.

Camilla of Cornwall & Michelle Obama at a reception preceding the G-20 Summit dinner April 1.

Camilla of Cornwall & Barack Obama; behind them their spouses Prince Charles & Michelle Obama. Reuters photo.

Michelle Obama before the G-20 reception April 1, 2009. Reuters photo.

The Browns & Obamas at 10 Downing Street before the G-20 reception. Reuters photo.

Great dress! Sarah Brown, South Korean President Lee Myung-bak & his wife Kim Yun-ok, Gordon Brown at 10 Downing Street prior to G-20 reception.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, President Obama at the G-20 dinner April 1. Lousiest. Date. Ever. Reuters photo.

G-20 leaders meet for dinner ahead of the summit sessions. AP photo.

G-20 leaders President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, President, Chancellor Angela Merkel, PM Stephen Harper, & some other guys. Reuters photo.

The wideshot. AP photo.

Class clowns cut up during shooting of class picture. Obama, Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi, Russian PM Medvedev. AP photo.

G-20 leaders at London's Excel Centre, prior to first session April 2. Reuters photo.

Treasury Secretary Geithner & President Obama confer ahead of G-20 plenary session.

President Obama meets with South Korean President Lee Myung-bak. Reuters photo.

President Obama meets with Saudi King Abdullah during the G-20 summit. Reuters photo.

President Obama meets with Indian PM Mahmohan Singh during the G-20 session. Getty image.

Michelle Obama ahead to trip to Royal Opera House with G-20 spouses. AP photo.

Michelle Obama, Sarah Brown -- a day at the opera. Reuters photo.

The spouses of G-20 leaders visit the Royal Opera House. Getty image.

Gursharan Kaur, the wife of Indian PM Manmohan Singh talks with Michelle Obama during an event at the Royal Opera House.

Michelle Obama attends a performance at the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Language School in London.

Barack Obama holds a press conference in London after the G-20 Summit has concluded. Getty image.

Welcome to Strasbourg.

Strasbourg's Palais Rohan.

The Sarkozys greet the Obamas in the courtyard of the Palais Rohan in Strasbourg, France. AP photo.

Presidents Obama & Sarkozy enter the Palais Rohan, their wives can be seen in the background. Reuters photo.

First ladies Michelle Obama & Carla Bruni-Sarkozy at the Palais Rohan. AFP photo.

The Obamas, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy & French President Nicolas Sarkozy at the Palais Rohan in Strasbourg. Reuters photo.

Michelle Obama & Carla Bruni-Sarkozy chat before lunch at the Palais Rohan. Reuters photo.

Presidents Obama & Sarkozy at the conclusion of their press conference. Getty image.

When in France. The Obamas share a moment at the start of the Strasbourg town hall eeting.

Joaquim Sauer, husband of Angela Merkel, Merkel & the Obamas at Baden-Baden City Hall.

The Obamas & Angela Merkel in a market square in Baden-Baden.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel walk along honor guard with President Obama in Baden-Baden, Germany. AP photo.

President Obama & Chancellor hold a joint press availability. Reuters photo.

The Obamas arrive at the Kurhaus. Reuters photo.

Merkel & husband Sauer, the Obamas & the Sarkozys at the Kurhaus reception.

President Sarkozy, Denmark PM Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Chancellor Merkel, President Obama at the Kurhaus NATO session. Reuters photo.

Michelle Obama entering event at Baden-Baden's Kurhaus for spouses of NATO leaders. Getty image.

Spouses of NATO leaders at evening event in Baden-Baden. Getty image.

NATO leaders meet for a working dinner in the Baden-Baden city hall. Getty image. We don't make small town city halls like that here.

PM Brown, President Obama, Luxumbourg PM Jean-Claude Juncker at a working dinner for NATO leaders. Getty image.

NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, President Obama, Chancellor Merkel & President Sarkozy cross the Passerelle Bridge between France & Germany. AP photo.

Albanian PM Sali Berisha & President Bamir Topi, Croatian President Stjepan Mesic & PM Ivo Sanader & President Obama as Albania & Croatia officially join NATO. Reuters photo.

PM Brown, Secretary Clinton, President Obama & Secretary-General Scheffer at the NATO summit meeting in Strasbourg, France. Getty image.

Strasbourg Cathedral.

Michelle Obama arrives as the equally spectacular Strasbourg Cathedral. Reuters photo.

In the Strasbourg Cathedral, First Ladies Obama & Bruni-Sarkozy mug for the cameras.

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Carla Bruni-Sarkozy & Michelle Obama after their visit to the Strasbourg Cathedral. Getty image.

NATO first spouses leave Strasbourg Cathedral. AP photo.

Meanwhile, a short distance away, riot police confront anti-NATO activists who set fire to an Ibis Hotel near the Passerelle Bridge. AP photo.

Riot police gather on tram rails to hold back protesters. Strasbourg Cathedral can be seen in the background. Reuters photo.

Anti-NATO protesters leveled a customs building beside the bridge after they were refused passage to the German side of the Rhine. AP photos.

President Obama meets with Greek PM Costas Karamanlis. Reuters photo.

President Obama speaks at a media availability following the NATO summit. AP photo. Love those halo shots!

Secretary Clinton & NSA Director Jim Jones arrive in the Czech Republic. AFP photo.

The Obamas deplane outside Prague. AP photo.

President Obama reviews Czech troops upon arrival in the Czech Republic. AP photo.

First Ladies Michelle Obama & Livia Klausova, President Barack Obama & Czech President Vaclav Klaus. AP photo.

Czech President Vaclav Klaus & President Obama review the troops at Prague Castle. AP photo.

The Obamas prior to the President's speech in Prague's Hradcany Square. AP photo.

The President & Mrs. Obama in Prague's Hradcany Square. The Church of St. Nicholas is behind them. AP photo.

The Obamas in Hradcany Square. Reuters photo.

Barack & Michelle Obama in Prague's Hradcany Square. Statue is of Tomas Garrigue Masaryk, Czechoslovakia's first president. AP photo.

President Obama (lower right) speaking in Hradcany Square in Prague. Obama proposed means to eliminate existing nuclear weapons & end nuclear proliferation. AP photo.

President Obama in Hradcany Square. AP photo.

President Obama with the EU A-team: Merkel, Sarkozy & Italy's Silvio Berlusconi. Reuters photo.

Some EU leaders gathering for a group shot. AP photo.

Michelle Obama visits the Prague Jewish Cemetery & Synagogue. Reuters photo.

First Ladies Livia Klausova & Michelle Obama with their guide inside Prague's St. Vitus Cathedral. Reuters photo.

President Obama meets with Spanish PM Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero. Getty image.

President Obama meets with former Czech President Vaclav Havel. AP photo.

Five bakers at Turkey's famous bakery Karakoy Gulluoglu spent two days making a portrait of the President out of baklava. Owner Nadir Gullu shows off the pastry portrait, which he calls Baracklava.

President Obama arrives in Turkey (evening of April 5). AFP photo.

President Obama & Turkish President Abdullah Gul at the Cankaya Palace in Ankara. Getty image.

In Ankara, President Obama participates in a wreath-laying ceremony at the tomb of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, founder of modern Turkey. Reuters photo.

Presidents Obama & Gul hold a joint news conference. Getty image.

President Obama & aides Rahm Emanuel & David Axelrod at an "expanded meeting" with Turkish President Abdullah Gul. Reuters photo.

President Obama addresses Turkey's Grand National Assembly in Ankara. Getty image.

President Obama with Turkey's PM Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara. Reuters photo.

Istanbul's Blue Mosque on the Bosphorus.

Cupola of the Blue Mosque, Istanbul.

President Obama tours Istanbul's Blue Mosque with PM Tayyip Erdogan.

The Hagia Sofia viewed from one of its gardens. Photo by Larry Osterman.

President Obama & PM Erdogan in Istanbul's Hagia Sofia. Reuters photo.

President Obama & Turkish PM Erdogan in the Hagia Sophia, with guides. AFP photo.

Men in party hats. President Obama meets in Istanbul with the city's chief rabbi Isak Haleva (2nd R), Armenian patriarch Mesrob II, Archbishop Aram Stesyan (R), Istanbul's Grand Mufti Mustafa Cagrici (L) & Syrian Orthodox Archbishop Yusuf Cetin. Getty image.

President Obama conducts a town hall meeting for students in Istanbul's Tophane Cultural Center. AP photo.

President Obama leaves Istanbul in Air Force 1 on his way to an unannounced visit to Baghdad, Iraq. Reuters photo.

Gen. Ray Odierno greet President Obama upon Obama's arrival at Baghdad International. Reuters photo.

President Obama speaks to troops at Camp Victory, Baghdad. Reuters photo.

President Obama greets troops at Camp Victory. AP photo.

President Obama with troops in a surprise visit to Iraq. Getty image.

President Obama meets with Iraqi President Nouri al-Maliki in Baghdad. Reuters photo.