Pope Francis – in pictures

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Images of the newly elected Pope Francis, formerly Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, archbishop of Buenos Aires
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Bergoglio life gallery: Pope Francis I appears on the central balcony
Pope Francis I appears on the central balcony of St Peter's Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images
New Pope announced: New Pope announced
Jorge Mario Bergoglio, in 1973 Photograph: AP
Bergoglio life gallery: Argentine Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio
Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio conducts a mass in honour of Pope John Paul II at Buenos Aires Cathedral in April 2005 Photograph: Enrique Marcarian/Reuters
New Pope announced: New Pope announced
Jorge Mario Bergoglio, second from left in back row, poses for a picture with his family in an unknown location Photograph: AP
Bergoglio life gallery: Cardinal Bergoglio conducting mass
Conducting the mass in honour of Pope John Paul II in Buenos Aires Photograph: Enrique Marcarian/Reuters
New Pope announced: New Pope announced
Circa 1950's Jorge Mario Bergoglio [R] with unidentified schoolmates of a preparatory school in Buenos Aires, Argentina Photograph: AP
Bergoglio life gallery: Jorge Mario Bergoglio
An August 2009 photograph shows Bergoglio giving a mass outside the San Cayetano church in Buenos Aires Photograph: Natacha Pisarenko/AP
New Pope announced: Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Francis, John Paul II
The late Pope John Paul II met Bergoglio at the Vatican Photograph: AP
Bergoglio life gallery: Pope Benedict XVI meeting Cardinal Bergoglio
Pope Benedict XVI meets Bergoglio at the Vatican on 13 January 2007 Photograph: Osservatore Romano/AFP/Getty Images
Bergoglio life gallery: Jorge Mario Bergoglio
Bergoglio leading a mass at the Metropolitan Cathedral in Buenos Aires in February this year Photograph: Natacha Pisarenko/AP
Bergoglio life gallery: Ahead of conclave
He leaves the Synod Hall after the last congregation in Vatican City on March 11 Photograph: Ciro Fusco/EPA
Bergoglio life gallery: Jorge Mario Bergoglio
The Canadian cardinal Marc Ouellet, left, holds on to his umbrella next to Bergoglio as they walk in St Peter's Square after attending a cardinals' meeting at the Vatican on 6 March Photograph: Andrew Medichini/AP
Bergoglio life gallery: A woman prays
A woman prays inside the Metropolitan Cathedral in Buenos Aires early on Wednesday as Bergoglio is elected pope Photograph: Victor R. Caivano/AP
Bergoglio life gallery: New Pope, Argentinian cardinal Jorge Mar
The new pope at the window of St Peter's Basilica Photograph: AFP/AFP/Getty Images

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