Barack Obama visits New Orleans

Air Force One flies over New Orleans Photograph: Gerald Herbert/AP

Barack Obama greets students at Dr Martin Luther King charter school in New Orleans Photograph: Mandel Ngan/AFP

Barack Obama talks to students at Dr Martin Luther King charter school Photograph: Gerald Herbert/AP

Obama meets members of Dr Martin Luther King charter school's book club Photograph: Mandel Ngan/AFP

A touching moment between the president and a Dr Martin Luther King charter school student Photograph: Gerald Herbert/AP

Barack Obama speaks during a town hall meeting at the University of New Orleans Photograph: Getty

A woman yells 'I love you' during Obama's town hall meeting Photograph: Cheryl Gerber/EPA

Attendees of a town hall meeting at the University of New Orleans take pictures of Obama. The president was forced to defend himself at one point during the event. 'I expected as much from the Bush administration, but why are we still being nickeled and dimed in our recovery?' the man said. The president said his administration was 'working as hard as we can, as quickly as we can' Photograph: Patrick Semansky/AP