Boris Johnson visits India – in pictures

Boris Johnson walks with the British high commissioner, Sir James Bevan, in the garden of the high commission Photograph: Sajjad Hussain/AFP/Getty Images

Johnson speaks at a function in Delhi, during which he presented a petal from the 2012 Olympics cauldron to the Indian people Photograph: Sajjad Hussain/AFP/Getty Images

... and then plays cricket with some schoolchildren Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA

The mayor of London struggles for elbow room Photograph: B Mathur/Reuters

He finishes the event by speaking to the press Photograph: Manish Swarup/AP

Johnson gestures after coming out of a lift before addressing a gathering of Indian businessmen in Delhi Photograph: Anindito Mukherjee/EPA

Johnson poses with more Indian schoolchildren at Amity University in Noida, on the outskirts of Delhi Photograph: Sajjad Hussain/AFP/Getty Images

Johnson looks pensive … Photograph: Mustafa Quraishi/AP

… then can't bear to look Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA

After travelling to Hyderabad, in central India, he meets market stall holders Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA

… who hang on his every word Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA