Barack Obama visits Indonesia

US president returns to Jakarta, where he lived for four years as a child, to meet the president and visit the country's largest mosque

  • An Indonesian police officer prepares anti-riot gear in Jakarta ahead of a demonstration against the visit of the US president, Barack Obama
    Obama indonesia: US President Barack Obama visits Indonesia

  • Indonesian Muslim women hold posters during a protest against Obama's visit in front of the US embassy in Jakarta
    Obama indonesia: Women hold posters during a protest against the planned visit of Obama

  • Posters of Barack and Michelle Obama next to posters of the Indonesian president, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, and his wife, Ani, in Jakarta
    Obama indonesia: Barack and Michelle Obama are posters next of Indonesian President

  • Obama talks to Indonesian protocol officer Lutfi Rauf as he is greeted after arriving at Halim Perdana Kusuma airport in Jakarta
    Obama indonesia: US President Barack Obama visits Indonesia

  • The official band runs to take cover from the rain moments before Obama's arrival
    Obama indonesia: The official band runs to get out of the rain

  • Obama and Yudhoyono attend the official arrival ceremony at the State Palace in Jakarta
    Obama indonesia: Barack Obama, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono

  • Michelle Obama accompanies the Indonesian first lady at the State Palace
    Obama indonesia: Michelle Obama walks through the collinade with First Lady Ani Yudhoyono

  • Michelle Obama tours the Living Traditions exhibition at Wisma Negara
    Obama indonesia: Michelle Obama tours the "Living Traditions Exhibition at Wisma Negara"

  • Obama answers a question from a journalist during a press conference
    Obama indonesia: Barack Obama answers a question from a journalist

  • The leaders hold a joint news conference at the State Palace
    Obama indonesia: Obama and President Yudhoyono participate in a joint news conference

  • Michelle Obama arrives at a state dinner
    Obama indonesia: Michelle Obama is greeted by other guests as she arrives at a state dinner

  • 10 November: Indonesians watch as US President Barack Obama's motorcade passes by on its way to the University of Indonesia in Jakarta. Obama said Muslim-majority Indonesia's national philosophy of unity between people of different faiths and ethnic backgrounds is an inspiration to the world
    Obama in Indonesia: 10 Nov: Indonesians watch as US President Barack Obama's motorcade passes

  • 10 November: US President Barack Obama delivers a speech at the University of Indonesia in Jakarta
    Obama in Indonesia: 10 Nov: US President Barack Obama speaks at the University of Indonesia

  • Indonesian Muslim protesters shout anti-Obama slogans during a protest near the University of Indonesia where US President Barack Obama gave a lecture in Jakarta. US President Barack Obama visited Indonesia's largest mosque as a goodwill gesture to Muslims
    Obama in Indonesia: Indonesian Muslim protestors shout anti-Obama slogans

  • President Barack Obama greets the crowd after he spoke at the University of Indonesia in Jakarta
    Obama in Indonesia: President Barack Obama greets the crowd at the University of Indonesiaa

  • Barefoot Indonesian troops stand next to a sign pointing in the direction of the Muslim holy site of Mecca (Kiblat) as US President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama tour the Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta
    Obama in Indonesia: Barefoot Indonesian troops stand next to a sign

  • US President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama tour the Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta. Guiding them is Grand Imam Ali Mustafa Yaqub
    Obama in Indonesia: President Obama and Michelle Obama tour the Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta

  • President Barack Obama arrives in Seoul, South Korea, to attend the G20 summit
    Obama in Indonesia: President Barack Obama arrives to attend the G20 Summit in Seoul
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