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The week in pictures: Trump hosts Xi, the pope visits France and floods ravage Thailand

FRANCE 24’s weekly picture review features U.S. President Donald Trump meeting Chinese President Xi Jinping, Pope Leo XIV making his first visit to France and flooding in Bangkok. The roundup presents these events as among the week’s most striking images, spanning diplomacy, a papal visit and severe flooding in Thailand.

FRANCE 24’s weekly review of the news in pictures includes a meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping.

It also features Pope Leo XIV’s first visit to France and images of flooded streets in Bangkok, Thailand.

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