Week in Pictures

From visits with the Queen to the Michelle and Carla fashion faceoff, the week of dramatic images as the first couple dazzled their way through Western Europe. VIEW OUR GALLERY.

Michel Euler / AP Photo

galleries/2009/04/04/week-in-pictures/week-in-pictures-16_aghpwd — A somber-looking President Obama stands in the center of several world leaders, including German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Turkish President Abdullah Gul, before the NATO summit dinner in Baden-Baden, where the group is celebrating the 60th anniversary of the organization.
Michel Euler / AP Photo

galleries/2009/04/04/week-in-pictures/week-in-pictures-17_svwpjf — First lady Michelle Obama shines, at left, in a photo of the NATO summit spouses in Baden-Baden, Germany. Michelle also joined her husband in France and England this week.
Pascal Le Segretain / Getty Images

galleries/2009/04/04/week-in-pictures/week-in-pictures-5_blff7d — Michelle Obama and French first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy face their husbands during a welcome ceremony in Strasbourg, France.

galleries/2009/04/04/week-in-pictures/week-in-pictures-10_xjj4g1 — President Obama, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev mug for the camera as other G-20 leaders look on. President Obama made quite an impression on Medvedev, who called him “my new comrade.” The pair plans to meet in Russia in July.
Stefan Rousseau / AP Photo

galleries/2009/04/04/week-in-pictures/week-in-pictures-8_owbytc — Michelle Obama hugs one of the students at the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson School in north London after giving an emotional speech in which she urged the girls to be more confident. “I am an example of what is possible when girls from the very beginning of their lives are loved and nurtured by people around them,” she told the girls.
Jim Young, Reuters / Landov

galleries/2009/04/04/week-in-pictures/week-in-pictures-11_x3w5dd — President Obama speaks to Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner during a roundtable meeting with G-20 leaders in London. Leaders promised to spend an additional $1 trillion to jumpstart credit, growth, and employment in the global economy.
Dominique Faget, AFP / Getty Images

galleries/2009/04/04/week-in-pictures/week-in-pictures-13_akyvf3 — The president and first lady pose with Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace on Wednesday. They presented the Queen with an iPod filled with show tunes and an autographed Richard Rodgers songbook.
John Stillwell, Pool / AP Photo

galleries/2009/04/04/week-in-pictures/week-in-pictures-15_xcybba — Michelle Obama caused a minor uproar when she touched the Queen on her back, but the British press has since forgiven her for breaking royal protocol.
Daniel Hambury, Pool / AP Photo

galleries/2009/04/04/week-in-pictures/week-in-pictures-3_d4dwkv — Cameras swarm around the G-20 leaders as Barack Obama and other delegates try to enjoy dinner at Downing Street in London on Wednesday.
Christopher Furlong / Getty Images

galleries/2009/04/04/week-in-pictures/week-in-pictures-9_mzhpf5 — China’s president Hu Jintao shakes Timothy Geithner’s hand as Barack Obama salutes China’s State Councilor Dai Bingguo. Obama is credited with breaking a “logjam” between France and China over the crucial tax-haven issue in G-20 negotiations.
Charles Dharapak / AP Photo

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