Barack Obama strolls among the sarsens at Stonehenge – in pictures

The US president broke off from discussing world affairs at the Nato summit in Newport, Wales, to visit the stone age monument

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President Barack Obama visits Stonehenge in Wiltshire after leaving the Nato summit in Newport, Wales, on Friday Photograph: Charles Dharapak/AP
US President Barack Obama takes a photograph during a tour of Stonehenge.
It’s impossible to resist taking a shot of the ancient stones Photograph: Sauk Loeb/AFP/Getty Images
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Obama seems to have had the run of the place Photograph: Charles Dharapak/AP
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The president meets the Raffle family in a nearby field. Janice Raffle live tweeted the encounter Photograph: Charles Dharapak/AP
Barack Obama meets the raffle family at stonehenge Janice raffle
One of the president’s security team took a photo for the family. Janice told ITV News: ‘I squealed like a teenager. You’d think I would know better’ Photograph: courtesy of Janice Raffle
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Then the president wandered the ruins Photograph: Charles Dharapak/AP
US President Barack Obama tours Stonehenge in.
A time for reflection Photograph: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images
US President Barack Obama.
Then off to tackle a multitude of troubles Photograph: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images

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