Hillary Clinton visits Burma – in pictures

Aung San Suu Kyi greets US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at her home in Rangoon Photograph: Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters

Clinton greeted the Nobel peace prize laureate and kissed her on both cheeks as they met for talks at her lakeside mansion Photograph: Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters

The visit saw the new civilian government pledge to forge ahead with political reforms and re-engage with the global community Photograph: Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters

Clinton meets the pro-democracy opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi before dinner at the US chief of mission residence in Rangoon Photograph: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images

Clinton tours Shwedegon Pagoda, a Buddhist temple founded between the 6th and 10th centuries AD, in Rangoon Photograph: Saul Loeb/AP

Clinton and a tour guide walk barefoot as they tour the Shwedegon Pagoda Photograph: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images

Tourists and residents take photographs as Clinton tours the Shwedegon Pagoda Photograph: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images

A police officer salutes on Yazahdani Road as Hillary Clinton's motorcade drives to a meeting with the Burmese president, Thein Sein, in Naypyitaw Photograph: Saul Loeb/Reuters

The US secretary of state shakes hands with Thein Sein during a meeting at the president's office in Naypyitaw Photograph: Damir Sagolj/Reuters

Clinton meets members of the lower house of the Burmese parliament at the parliamentary compound in Naypyitaw Photograph: Saul Loeb/Reuters

Clinton signs the cast of three-year-old Toby Webster-Main as she meets employees and their families at the US embassy Photograph: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images