Pope Francis – in pictures

Pope Francis I appears on the central balcony of St Peter's Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images

Jorge Mario Bergoglio, in 1973 Photograph: AP

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

Jorge Mario Bergoglio, second from left in back row, poses for a picture with his family in an unknown location Photograph: AP

Conducting the mass in honour of Pope John Paul II in Buenos Aires Photograph: Enrique Marcarian/Reuters

Circa 1950's Jorge Mario Bergoglio [R] with unidentified schoolmates of a preparatory school in Buenos Aires, Argentina Photograph: AP

An August 2009 photograph shows Bergoglio giving a mass outside the San Cayetano church in Buenos Aires Photograph: Natacha Pisarenko/AP

The late Pope John Paul II met Bergoglio at the Vatican Photograph: AP

Pope Benedict XVI meets Bergoglio at the Vatican on 13 January 2007 Photograph: Osservatore Romano/AFP/Getty Images

Bergoglio leading a mass at the Metropolitan Cathedral in Buenos Aires in February this year Photograph: Natacha Pisarenko/AP

He leaves the Synod Hall after the last congregation in Vatican City on March 11 Photograph: Ciro Fusco/EPA

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

A woman prays inside the Metropolitan Cathedral in Buenos Aires early on Wednesday as Bergoglio is elected pope Photograph: Victor R. Caivano/AP

The new pope at the window of St Peter's Basilica Photograph: AFP/AFP/Getty Images