Mahmoud Ahmadinejad visits Venezuela – in pictures

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is welcomed with military honours at Maiquetia international airport in Caracas Photograph: Juan Barreto/AFP/Getty Images Ahmadinejad meets an Iranian family living in Venezuela Photograph: SIPA/Rex Features The Venezuelan president, Hugo Chávez, and his Iranian counterpart, Ahmadinejad, smile at Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas Photograph: Juan Barreto/AFP/Getty Images Chávez greets Ahmadinejad outside the palace Photograph: AP Ahmadinejad in front of a painting of the Venezuelan revolutionary Simón Bolívar during a joint press conference at Miraflores palace Photograph: Boris Vergara/EPA