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Photo Summary: Clinton in Africa

Hillary Clinton, Monrovia, Liberia, Aug. 13, 2009 | GLENNA GORDON/AFP/Getty Images Above: Secretary Clinton poses with a Liberian newspaper as she meets with Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf on Aug. 13 in Monrovia, the Liberian capital. For a photo summary of Secretary Clinton’s 11-day, seven-country visit to Africa, please check out FP‘s latest photo essay: ...

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Hillary Clinton, Monrovia, Liberia, Aug. 13, 2009 | GLENNA GORDON/AFP/Getty Images

Hillary Clinton, Monrovia, Liberia, Aug. 13, 2009 | GLENNA GORDON/AFP/Getty Images

Above: Secretary Clinton poses with a Liberian newspaper as she meets with Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf on Aug. 13 in Monrovia, the Liberian capital.

For a photo summary of Secretary Clinton’s 11-day, seven-country visit to Africa, please check out FP‘s latest photo essay: “Hillary in Africa“

And check out the photo essay “The Obamans Abroad” for a summary of Clinton’s July trip to Asia and Vice President Joe Biden’s trip to Eastern Europe.

Below: Clinton shakes hands with the prime minister of Cape Verde, José Maria Neves, on Aug. 14.

Hillary Clinton, José Maria Neves, Aug. 14, 2009 | STR/AFP/Getty Images

Hillary Clinton, José Maria Neves, Aug. 14, 2009 | STR/AFP/Getty Images

Photos, top to bottom: GLENNA GORDON/AFP/Getty Images, STR/AFP/Getty Images

Preeti Aroon was copy chief at Foreign Policy from 2009 to 2016 and was an FP assistant editor from 2007 to 2009. Twitter: @pjaroonFP
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