Pictures: Obama visits Africa

US President Barack Obama and Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete walk in front of first lady Michelle Obama and Tanzanian first lady Salma Kikwete greeting the cheering crowd as they arrive at the State House on July 1, 2013, in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. AFP PHOTO / POOL / Carolyn KasterCarolyn Kaster/AFP/Getty Images ORG XMIT: -  (CAROLYN KASTER / AFP/Getty Images)

Senegalese women and children in traditional garb await the arrival of U.S. President Barack Obama and members of his family on Goree Island near Dakar, Senegal, June 27, 2013. Obama visited the island on Thursday where African slaves in past centuries were shipped west. REUTERS/Jason Reed (SENEGAL - Tags: POLITICS) ORG XMIT: WHT40  (JASON REED / Reuters)

South African President Jacob Zuma hosts an official dinner for US President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama (row at background) at the Presidential Guest House in Pretoria, South Africa, June 29, 2013. AFP PHOTO / Saul LOEBSAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images ORG XMIT:  (SAUL LOEB / AFP/Getty Images)

Women, wearing khanga traditional wraps with portraits of US President Barack Obama, wait on July 1, 2013 at the State House to participate in an arrival ceremony for the US leader in Dar es Salaam, the last leg of his Africa tour. AFP PHOTO/JIM WATSONJIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images ORG XMIT:  (JIM WATSON / AFP/Getty Images)

Pebble stones with get well messages for former South African President Nelson Mandela are seen outside his home in Johannesburg on June 29, 2013. US President Barack Obama met the family of his critically ill hero Nelson Mandela on a visit to South Africa Saturday, the White House said.The president, whose landmark trip to Africa has been overshadowed by Mandela’s illness, decided not to visit the ailing icon, instead meeting family members at the Mandela Centre of Memory in Johannesburg. AFP PHOTO / ODD ANDERSENODD ANDERSEN/AFP/Getty Images ORG XMIT:  (ODD ANDERSEN / AFP/Getty Images)

Tanzanian women wearing the local kitenge dress, bearing the image of U.S. President Barack Obama, await the arrival of the President and First lady Michelle Obama in Dar Es Salaam July 1, 2013. REUTERS/Gary Cameron (SOUTH AFRICA - Tags: POLITICS) ORG XMIT: GAC03  (GARY CAMERON / Reuters)

A group of well-wishers hold candles and photos of Nelson Mandela as they pray for his recovery outside the Mediclinic heart hospital where he is hospitalized in Pretoria on June 27, 2013. A critically ill Nelson Mandela showed tentative signs of improvement on June 27 as South Africa-bound US President Barack Obama led a chorus of support for the “hero for the world”. South African President Jacob Zuma, who had abruptly cancelled a trip abroad to be near the 94-year-old anti-apartheid icon, reported he “remains critical but is now stable”. AFP PHOTO / ALEXANDER JOEALEXANDER JOE/AFP/Getty Images ORG XMIT: -  (ALEXANDER JOE / AFP/Getty Images)

Tanzanian musicians wearing the local kitenge dress, bearing the image of U.S. President Barack Obama, await the arrival of the President and the First lady Michelle Obama in Dar Es Salaam, July 1, 2013. REUTERS/Gary Cameron (SOUTH AFRICA - Tags: POLITICS) ORG XMIT: GAC03  (GARY CAMERON / Reuters)

US President Barack Obama (3R), First Lady Michelle Obama (C) and their family, tour a limestone quarry where prisoners would work at Robben Island outside Cape Town, South Africa, on June 30, 2013. Obama was “deeply humbled” by a visit to the cell where Nelson Mandela spent years as a prisoner, in a solemn homage Sunday to the critically ill hero he was unable to see in Pretoria. AFP PHOTO / Saul LOEBSAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images ORG XMIT:  (SAUL LOEB / AFP/Getty Images)

CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA - JUNE 30: U.S. President Barack Obama delivers a speech at the University of Cape Town on June 30, 2013 in Cape Town, South Africa. This is Obama’s first official visit to South Africa where bilateral talks with President Jacob Zuma have been held, as well visiting Robben Island where Nelson Mandela was imprisoned for 27 years for his fight against apartheid. (Photo by Michelly Rall/Getty Images) ORG XMIT: 172489417  (Michelly Rall / Getty Images)

CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA - JUNE 30: U.S. President Barack Obama delivers a speech at the University of Cape Town on June 30, 2013 in Cape Town, South Africa. This is Obama’s first official visit to South Africa where bilateral talks with President Jacob Zuma have been held, as well visiting Robben Island where Nelson Mandela was imprisoned for 27 years for his fight against apartheid. (Photo by Michelly Rall/Getty Images) ORG XMIT: 172489417  (Michelly Rall / Getty Images)

Former U.S. First Lady Laura Bush (L) smiles next to current U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama gesturing at the African First Ladies Summit in Dar Es Salaam July 2, 2013. REUTERS/Gary Cameron (TANZANIA - Tags: POLITICS) ORG XMIT: GAC08  (GARY CAMERON / Reuters)

JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA - JUNE 29: Men await the departure of U.S. President Barack Obama outside Johannesburg University in Soweto where President Obama was meeting with students on June 29, 2013 in Johannesburg, South Africa. This is Obama’s first official visit to South Africa, and is holding bilaterial meetings with President Jacob Zuma, and also meeting with students in Soweto Township. During his tour the president will also visit Robben Island, where former President Nelson Mandela spent some of his 27 years in prison for fighting against apartheid. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images) ORG XMIT: 171996395  (Jeff J Mitchell / Getty Images)

US President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama sign a guestbook in a prison yard as they tour Robben Island outside Cape Town, South Africa, on June 30, 2013. Obama was “deeply humbled” by a visit to the cell where Nelson Mandela spent years as a prisoner, in a solemn homage Sunday to the critically ill hero he was unable to see in Pretoria. AFP PHOTO / Saul LOEBSAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images ORG XMIT:  (SAUL LOEB / AFP/Getty Images)

JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA - JUNE 29: People await the departure of outside Johannesburg University in Soweto where President Obama’s was meeting with students on June 29, 2013 in Johannesburg, South Africa. This is Obama’s first official visit to South Africa, and is holding bilaterial meetings with President Jacob Zuma, and also meeting with students in Soweto Township. During his tour the president will also visit Robben Island, where former President Nelson Mandela spent some of his 27 years in prison for fighting against apartheid. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images) *** BESTPIX *** ORG XMIT: 160017227  (Jeff J Mitchell / Getty Images)

US First Lady Michelle Obama stands during the US National Anthem at an official dinner at the Presidential Guest House in Pretoria, South Africa, on June 29, 2013. AFP PHOTO / Saul LOEBSAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images ORG XMIT: -  (SAUL LOEB / AFP/Getty Images)

U.S. President Barack Obama greets well-wishers during his visit to Goree Island near Dakar, Senegal, June 27, 2013. Obama visited the island on Thursday where African slaves in past centuries were shipped west. REUTERS/Jason Reed (SENEGAL - Tags: POLITICS) ORG XMIT: WHT22  (JASON REED / Reuters)

US President Barack Obama (R) and First Lady Michelle Obama walk through a prison yard as they tour Robben Island outside Cape Town, South Africa, on June 30, 2013. Obama was “deeply humbled” by a visit to the cell where Nelson Mandela spent years as a prisoner, in a solemn homage Sunday to the critically ill hero he was unable to see in Pretoria. AFP PHOTO / Saul LOEBSAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images ORG XMIT:  (SAUL LOEB / AFP/Getty Images)

U.S. first lady Michelle Obama hugs her daughter Malia alongside Marian Robinson, Michelle Obama’s mother, as they visit the Maison Des Ecslaves, the gathering point where slaves were shipped west in the 1700s and 1800s, at Goree Island near Dakar, Senegal, June 27, 2013. REUTERS/Jason Reed (SENEGAL - Tags: POLITICS) ORG XMIT: WHT31  (JASON REED / Reuters)

U.S. President Barack Obama (2nd L) is pictured during his visit to the Maison Des Ecslaves, the gathering point where slaves were shipped west in the 1700s and 1800s, at Goree Island near Dakar, Senegal, June 27, 2013. Pictured with Obama are (L-R) first lady Michelle Obama, Michelle’s mother Marian Robinson and Obama’s niece Leslie. REUTERS/Jason Reed (SENEGAL - Tags: POLITICS) ORG XMIT: WHT39  (JASON REED / Reuters)

U.S. first lady Michelle Obama waves to participants after a virtual discussion event with the youth at the Sci-Bono Discovery Centre in Johannesburg June 29, 2013. The first lady was joined by teenagers from across South Africa as well as U.S. students virtually, at the event organized in conjunction with MTV Base, an African youth and music TV channel, and Google Plus. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya (SOUTH AFRICA - Tags: SOCIETY PROFILE EDUCATION ENTERTAINMENT) ORG XMIT: AFR510  (THOMAS MUKOYA / REUTERS)

U.S. President Barack Obama is pictured at the ‘door of no return’ as he visits the Maison Des Ecslaves, the gathering point where African slaves were shipped west until the mid-19th century, at Goree Island near Dakar, Senegal, June 27, 2013. REUTERS/Jason Reed (SENEGAL - Tags: POLITICS) ORG XMIT: WHT30R  (JASON REED / Reuters)

CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA - JUNE 30: Protesters gather outside the University of Cape Town in advance of US President Barack Obama’s speech this evening on June 30, 2013 in Cape Town, South Africa.This is Obama’s first official visit to South Africa where bilateral talks with President Jacob Zuma have been held, as well visiting Robben Island where Nelson Mandela was imprisoned for 27 years for his fight against apartheid. (Photo by Michelly Rall/Getty Images) ORG XMIT: 172489417  (Michelly Rall / Getty Images)

Members of the audience and press watch U.S. President Barack Obama from behind the bleachers as he participates in a town hall-style meeting with young African leaders at the University of Johannesburg in Soweto June 29, 2013. REUTERS/Jason Reed (SOUTH AFRICA - Tags: POLITICS EDUCATION) ORG XMIT: WHT24  (JASON REED / Reuters)

US President Barack Obama (R) and First Lady Michelle Obama (L) listen to former prisoner Ahmed Kathrada as they tour the limestone quarry where prisoners worked on Robben Island off the coast of Cape Town, South Africa on June 30, 2013. President Barack Obama was “deeply humbled” by a visit to the cell where Nelson Mandela spent years as a prisoner, in a solemn homage Sunday to the critically ill hero he was unable to see in Pretoria. AFP PHOTO / Saul LOEBSAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images ORG XMIT:  (SAUL LOEB / AFP/Getty Images)

Sasha Obama, daughter of U.S. President Barack Obama attends a virtual discussion event with youths at the Sci-Bono Discovery Centre in Johannesburg June 29, 2013. The first lady was joined by teenagers from across South Africa as well as U.S. students virtually, at the event organized in conjunction with MTV Base, an African youth and music TV channel, and Google Plus. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya (SOUTH AFRICA - Tags: POLITICS EDUCATION) ORG XMIT: AFR507  (THOMAS MUKOYA / REUTERS)

US President Barack Obama tours a classroom alongside Nobel peace laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu (L) at the Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation Youth Centre in Cape Town, South Africa, on June 30, 2013. AFP PHOTO / Saul LOEBSAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images ORG XMIT:  (SAUL LOEB / AFP/Getty Images)

US President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama sign a guestbook in a prison yard as they tour Robben Island outside Cape Town, South Africa, on June 30, 2013. Obama was “deeply humbled” by a visit to the cell where Nelson Mandela spent years as a prisoner, in a solemn homage Sunday to the critically ill hero he was unable to see in Pretoria. AFP PHOTO / Saul LOEBSAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images ORG XMIT:  (SAUL LOEB / AFP/Getty Images)

U.S. President Barack Obama meets with African Union Commission Chairwoman Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma in Johannesburg June 29, 2013. REUTERS/Jason Reed (SOUTH AFRICA - Tags: POLITICS) ORG XMIT: WHT40  (JASON REED / Reuters)

Protestors hold placards during a demonstration against the visit of US President outside the University of Cape Town (UCT) on June 30, 2013. US President Barack Obama was due to speak at UCT on the last day of his state visit to South Africa. AFP PHOTO / JENNIFER BRUCEJENNIFER BRUCE/AFP/Getty Images ORG XMIT: -  (JENNIFER BRUCE / AFP/Getty Images)

US President Barack Obama (3R), First Lady Michelle Obama (C) and their family, tour a limestone quarry where prisoners would work at Robben Island outside Cape Town, South Africa, on June 30, 2013. Obama was “deeply humbled” by a visit to the cell where Nelson Mandela spent years as a prisoner, in a solemn homage Sunday to the critically ill hero he was unable to see in Pretoria. AFP PHOTO / Saul LOEBSAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images ORG XMIT:  (SAUL LOEB / AFP/Getty Images)

Hundreds watch as Marine One helicopter, with US President Barack Obama aboard, lands at a field prior to Obama touring the Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation Youth Centre in Cape Town, South Africa, on June 30, 2013. AFP PHOTO / Saul LOEBSAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images ORG XMIT:  (SAUL LOEB / AFP/Getty Images)

Ethiopia’s First Lady Roman Tesfaye appears at the African First Ladies Summit in Dar Es Salaam July 2, 2013. REUTERS/Gary Cameron (TANZANIA - Tags: POLITICS) ORG XMIT: GAC16  (GARY CAMERON / Reuters)

U.S. President Barack Obama looks at a computer with a youth as he tours the Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation Youth Centre and takes part in a health event in Cape Town, June 30, 2013. REUTERS/Jason Reed (SOUTH AFRICA - Tags: POLITICS HEALTH) ORG XMIT: WHT20  (JASON REED / Reuters)

U.S. President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama receive flowers, as their daughter Sasha (2nd R) watches, during an official arrival ceremony at Julius Nyerere Airport in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, July 1, 2013. REUTERS/Jason Reed (TANZANIA - Tags: POLITICS) ORG XMIT: WHT03  (JASON REED / Reuters)

U.S. first lady Michelle Obama claps in front of a mural of Martin Luther King at the all-girls Martin Luther King middle school, in Dakar June 27 2013. U.S. President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle are visiting Senegal until June 28 before travelling to South Africa and Tanzania. REUTERS/Joe Penney (SENEGAL - Tags: POLITICS EDUCATION) ORG XMIT: FOR22  (JOE PENNEY / REUTERS)

A Tanzanian band wear outfits featuring an image of U.S. President Barack Obama during an official arrival ceremony at Julius Nyerere Airport in Dar es Salaam July 1, 2013. REUTERS/Jason Reed (TANZANIA - Tags: POLITICS) ORG XMIT: WHT06  (JASON REED / Reuters)

U.S. President Barack Obama dances as a Tanzanian band plays during an official arrival ceremony at Julius Nyerere Airport in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, July 1, 2013. REUTERS/Jason Reed (TANZANIA - Tags: POLITICS) ORG XMIT: WHT36 ORG XMIT: CHI1307011337316467  (JASON REED / Reuters Photo)

U.S. President Barack Obama stands in the Robben Island prison cell that Nelson Mandela spent 18 of his 27 years of imprisonment, near Capetown June 30, 2013. REUTERS/Gary Cameron (SOUTH AFRICA - Tags: POLITICS) ORG XMIT: GAC11  (GARY CAMERON / Reuters)

President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama, left, andTanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete and Tanzanian first lady Salma Kikwete, wave to the cheering crowd as they arrive at the State House on July 1, 2013, in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. AFP PHOTO / POOL / Carolyn KasterCarolyn Kaster/AFP/Getty Images ORG XMIT: -  (CAROLYN KASTER / AFP/Getty Images)

US First Lady Michelle Obama is greeted by Tanzanian first lady Salma Kikwete at the State House on July 1, 2013, in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. AFP PHOTO / POOL / Carolyn KasterCarolyn Kaster/AFP/Getty Images ORG XMIT: -  (CAROLYN KASTER / AFP/Getty Images)

US President Barack Obama (C) and Tanzanian President Jakaya Nyerere (R) participate in an arrival ceremony at the State House in Dar es Salaam, on July 1, 2013. Obama flew into Tanzania on the last leg of his three-nation Africa tour on Monday. AFP PHOTO/JIM WATSONJIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images ORG XMIT:  (JIM WATSON / AFP/Getty Images)

US President Barack Obama’s motorcade drives through crowds on the streets of Dar Es Salaam, on July 1, 2013. President Barack Obama signed today an executive order launching a $10 million dollar bid to cut wildlife trafficking in Africa, which threatens to decimate rhinoceros and elephant populations. US officials said Tuesday that Obama, who is in Tanzania, would set up a task force to develop a strategy against illicit wildlife trafficking, a trade that is estimated to be worth between seven and 10 billion dollars a year. AFP PHOTO / Saul LOEBSAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images ORG XMIT:  (SAUL LOEB / AFP/Getty Images)

US President Barack Obama walks past an honour guard upon arrival on Air Force One at Julius Nyerere International Airport in Dar Es Salaam, on July 1, 2013. Obama arrived in Tanzania Monday after paying homage in South Africa to his ailing idol Nelson Mandela, for the final leg of his three-nation Africa tour. AFP PHOTO / Saul LOEBSAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images ORG XMIT:  (SAUL LOEB / AFP/Getty Images)

A local band plays as US President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama arrive on Air Force One at Julius Nyerere International Airport in Dar Es Salaam, on July 1, 2013. Obama arrived in Tanzania Monday after paying homage in South Africa to his ailing idol Nelson Mandela, for the final leg of his three-nation Africa tour. AFP PHOTO / Saul LOEBSAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images ORG XMIT:  (SAUL LOEB / AFP/Getty Images)

U.S. President Barack Obama is greeted by an honor guard at the Presidential Palace June 27, 2013 in Dakar, Sengal. Obama’s trip, his second to the continent as president, will take him to Senegal, South Africa and Tanzania. REUTERS/Gary Cameron (SENEGAL - Tags: POLITICS) ORG XMIT: GAC03  (GARY CAMERON / Reuters)

U.S. President Barack Obama (2nd R) is escorted to Nelson Mandela’s cell by former Robben Island Prison inmate and now tour guide Ahmed Kathrada (R), who was in the facility the same time as Mandela, near Cape Town June 30, 2013. From (L-R), are Obama’s family members, niece Leslie Robinson, daughters Malia, First lady Michelle Obama, daughter Sasha, and Michelle’s mother Marian Robinson. REUTERS/Gary Cameron (SOUTH AFRICA - Tags: POLITICS) ORG XMIT: GAC10  (IAIN D. WILLIAMS / Reuters)

U.S. President Barack Obama leaves the Robben Island prison cell that Nelson Mandela spent 18 of his 27 years of imprisonment near Capetown June 30, 2013. REUTERS/Gary Cameron (SOUTH AFRICA - Tags: POLITICS) ORG XMIT: GAC13  (GARY CAMERON / Reuters)

U.S. President Barack Obama greets Tanzanians at an official arrival ceremony in Dar Es Salaam July 1, 2013. REUTERS/Gary Cameron (TANZANIA - Tags: POLITICS) ORG XMIT: GAC22  (GARY CAMERON / Reuters)

Former U.S. First Lady Laura Bush (L) sits next to current U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama (C) and moderator Cokie Roberts (R) at the African First Ladies Summit in Dar Es Salaam July 2, 2013. REUTERS/Gary Cameron (TANZANIA - Tags: POLITICS) ORG XMIT: GAC07  (GARY CAMERON / Reuters)

U.S. First lady Michelle Obama (C) and Tanzanian first lady Salma Kikwete greet Tanzanian people during an official arrival ceremony in Dar Es Salaam July 1, 2013. U.S. President Barack Obama is seeking to build a new U.S. economic partnership with Africa as he visits Tanzania on Monday at the end of a tour of the fast-growing continent where Washington faces competition from China. REUTERS/Emmanuel Herman (TANZANIA - Tags: POLITICS) ORG XMIT: AFR06  (STRINGER / REUTERS)

U.S. first lady Michelle Obama sits with Senegalese First Lady Mariame Faye Sall at the presidential palace in Dakar, Senegal June 27, 2013. Obama and his wife Michelle are visiting Senegal until June 28 before traveling to South Africa and Tanzania. REUTERS/Joe Penney (Senegal - Tags: POLITICS) ORG XMIT: FOR03  (JOE PENNEY / REUTERS)

U.S. President Barack Obama (2nd L) greets Senegalese First Lady Mariame Faye Sall (L) as Senegalese President Macky Sall greets U.S. first lady Michelle Obama (R) at the presidential palace in Dakar, Senegal June 27, 2013. Obama and his wife Michelle are visiting Senegal until June 28 before travelling to South Africa and Tanzania. REUTERS/Joe Penney (SENEGAL - Tags: POLITICS) ORG XMIT: FOR10  (JOE PENNEY / REUTERS)

U.S. President Barack Obama writes in a guest book as he tours Robben Island with First lady Michelle Obama near Cape Town, June 30, 2013. Obama visits a bleak former prison island off the coast of South Africa on Sunday to pay tribute to ailing anti-apartheid hero Mandela and set the stage for a speech urging Africans to strive for prosperity and democracy. REUTERS/Jason Reed (SOUTH AFRICA - Tags: POLITICS) ORG XMIT: WHT16  (JASON REED / Reuters)

U.S. President Barack Obama (L) arrives at Goree Island, a former slave trader’s port, June 27, 2013 in Dakar. Obama’s trip, his second to the continent as president, will take him to Senegal, South Africa and Tanzania. REUTERS/Gary Cameron (SENEGAL - Tags: POLITICS) ORG XMIT: GAC25  (GARY CAMERON / Reuters)

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U.S. President Barack Obama (L) arrives at a joint press conference with Senegal’s President Macky Sall at the Presidential Palace in Dakar, June 27, 2013. REUTERS/Jason Reed (SENEGAL - Tags: POLITICS) ORG XMIT: WHT13  (JASON REED / Reuters)