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Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe meets with Pope Francis in his official residence during the penultimate day of the pontiff's Asian tour. IMAGES
Pope Francis meets Indonesia's President Joko Widodo in Jakarta in the first major set piece of his tour. The head of the world's 1.3 billion Catholics is on a three-day visit to the Muslim-majority nation before he travels to Papua New Guinea, East Timor and Singapore on the longest trip of his papacy. IMAGES
On the second day of his visit to Marseille, Pope Francis met privately with people in precarious situations at the Archdiocese of Marseille in the heart of the port city. IMAGES
Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims cheer Pope Francis as the pontiff arrives at a Lisbon park for an homage to the crucifixion of Jesus Christ at a global jamboree. It marks the pope's second mass event with participants at this year's World Youth Day, which is actually a six-day extravaganza and happens to be the largest Catholic gathering in the world. Local authorities estimate the crowd size at about 800,000 people. IMAGES
Thousands of pilgrims from around the globe gather in Lisbon, many of them waving their national flags, as they wait to welcome Pope Francis at the world's largest Catholic gathering. More than a million people from over 200 countries are expected to visit the Portuguese capital for the World Youth Day, which is in fact a six-day international Catholic jamboree. IMAGES
Pope Francis boards a plane to Lisbon, where a million young people from across the world are expected for a major Catholic festival, held as the Church reflects on its future. IMAGES
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