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Images of Pope Francis as he embarks on the papal plane in Rome's Fiumicino airport before it takes off. This is his fifth visit to Africa, flying to the Democratic Republic of Congo and then South Sudan to plead for peace in the two violence-plagued nations. His plane is expected to land around 3:00 pm local time at Kinshasa's Ndjili airport. IMAGES
Images show people arriving to Kinshasa's Martyrs Stadium, as Pope Francis continues his visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The 86-year-old Argentine pontiff is to meet youngsters at the 80,000-capacity stadium before meeting Jesuit leaders and priests on the front line of the church's work in the vast country, which has Africa's biggest Catholic contingent. IMAGES
Welcomed with fervor, Pope Francis arrives in Kinshasa for a four-day visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo, which is plagued by endemic violence, the first stage of a trip that will then take him to South Sudan. IMAGES
Pope Francis' plane lands at N'Djili airport in Kinshasa. IMAGES
Pope Francis visited the headquarters of the the prestigious Sunni institution Al-Azhar in Cairo on Friday, during a visit to Egypt to promote "unity and fraternity" among Muslims and the embattled Christian minority that has suffered a series of jihadist attacks. IMAGES
Pope Francis is on his way to Uganda as part of his historic six-day visit to Africa, the first in his papacy. Thursday the Pontiff held a mass before hundreds of thousands of people in Nairobi, Kenya.
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