In pictures: Pope Francis's visit to Bahrain

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Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa welcomes Pope Francis and Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Dr. Ahmed Al-Tayeb as they attend the Bahrain Forum for Dialogue: East and West for Human Coexistence at Al-Fida' Square of Sakhir Royal Palace. Image Credit: Abdul Hamid Ahmad, Editor-in-Chief/Gulf News

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Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa and Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Dr. Ahmed Al-Tayeb attend the closing ceremony at the forum. Image Credit: Reuters

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Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa and Grand Imam of Al-Azhar mosque Dr. Ahmed Al-Tayeb, take part in a welcome ceremony for Pope Francis at Sakhir Royal Palace. Image Credit: AFP

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Pope Francis greets Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, Dr. Ahmed Al-Tayeb as they attend the Bahrain Forum for Dialogue at Al-Fida' Square of Sakhir Royal Palace in Manama, Bahrain. Image Credit: REUTERS/

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Shaikh Al-Islam Talaat Safa Taj Al-Din, the General Mufti and Head of the Central Religious Authority of Muslims of Russia, is seen speaking to media ahead of the Pope's meeting with Dr Ahmed al-Tayeb. Image Credit: Abdul Hamid Ahmad, Editor-in-Chief/Gulf News

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Royal Bahraini Air Force display flags of Vatican City and Bahrain during the Bahrain Forum for Dialogue. Image Credit: Reuters

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Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa and Pope Francis attend the "Bahrain Forum for Dialogue: East and west for Human Coexistence’’. The visit is Francis’ second to a Gulf country, following his 2019 landmark trip to the UAE. Image Credit: Reuters

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Grand Imam of al-Azhar mosque Dr. Ahmed Al-Tayeb delivers a speech during a ceremony alongside Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa and Pope at Sakhir Royal Palace, in Bahrain. Image Credit: AFP

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Pope Francis delivers a speech during a ceremony alongside the Grand Imam of al-Azhar mosque Dr. Ahmed Al-Tayeb and Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa at Sakhir Royal Palace, in Manama. Image Credit: AFP

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Guests and dignitaries listen wearing headphones during the Bahrain Forum for Dialogue: East and West for Human Coexistence, attended by Pope Francis at the Sakhir Palace. Image Credit: Reuters

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Pope Francis meets UAE’s Minister of Tolerance and Coexistence, Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, at the Papal residence in Bahrain, yesterday. Image Credit: AFP

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Bahrain's Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad al-Khalifa walking behind Pope Francis as he waters a palm tree, with King Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa standing next to him and the Grand Imam of Egypt's Al-Azhar mosque, Sheikh Ahmed Al-Tayeb, behind him at Sakhir Royal Palace. Image Credit: AFP

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Pope Francis embraces the Grand Imam of al-Azhar mosque Sheikh Ahmed Al-Tayeb during their meeting at the Papal residence near the Sakhir Royal Palace, in Bahrain. Image Credit: AFP

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Pope Francis alongside the Grand Imam of al-Azhar mosque Sheikh Ahmed Al-Tayeb meet with members of the Muslim Council of Elders, in the courtyard of the Mosque of the Sakhir Royal Palace in Bahrain's Sakhir city on November 4, 2022. Image Credit: AFP

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Pope Francis (C-R) holds an ecumenical meeting and prayer for peace at Our Lady of Arabia Cathedral in Awali, south of the Bahraini capital Manama, on November 4, 2022. Image Credit: AFP

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Pope Francis holds an ecumenical meeting and prayer for peace, alongside the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople Bartholomew I (L), at Our Lady of Arabia Cathedral in Awali, south of the Bahraini capital Manama, on November 4, 2022. Image Credit: AFP

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Pope Francis kisses Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew's image of the Virgin Mary he arrives for an ecumenical meeting and prayer for peace in Our Lady of Arabia Cathedral, Sakhir, Bahrain, Friday, Nov. 4, 2022. Image Credit: AP

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Pope Francis embracing the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople Bartholomew I during their meeting at the Papal residence near the Sakhir Royal Palace, in Bahrain. Image Credit: AFP

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Pope Francis arrives to hold an ecumenical meeting and prayer for peace at Our Lady of Arabia Cathedral, in Awali, Bahrain, November 4, 2022. Image Credit: REUTERS

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A clergy member kisses the hand of Pope Francis, as the Pope holds an ecumenical meeting and prayer for peace at Our Lady of Arabia Cathedral, in Awali, Bahrain. Image Credit: REUTERS

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