François Hollande sworn in as French president - in pictures

A man sweeps the red carpet in the courtyard of the Elysée Palace in final preparations for the handover ceremony between Hollande and Sarkozy Photograph: Philippe Wojazer/Reuters Former French Socialist prime minister Lionel Jospin and his wife, Sylviane Agacinski, arrive Photograph: Jacky Naegelen/Reuters French troops march outside the Elysée Palace past well-wishers of outgoing president, Nicolas Sarkozy Photograph: Gonzalo Fuentes/Reuters French Socialist party leader, Martine Aubry and her husband Jean-Louis Brochen arrive at the Elysée Palace Photograph: Lionel Bonaventure/AFP/Getty Images Socialist mayor of Paris, Bertrand Delanoë Photograph: Lionel Bonaventure/AFP/Getty Images The car transporting Hollande arrives at the Elysée Palace Photograph: Stephane Mahe/Reuters Outgoing first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, left, and Valérie Trierweiler, partner of François Hollande, pose on the steps of the Elysée Photograph: Jacky Naegelen/Reuters Hollande arrives at the palace Photograph: Eric Feferberg/AFP/Getty Images Hollande, right, walks on the red carpet towards his predecessor Sarkozy prior to the start of the investiture ceremony Photograph: Mehdi Fedouach/AFP/Getty Images Hollande, right, shakes hands with Sarkozy Photograph: Patrick Kovarik/AFP/Getty Images President Hollande is awarded the Grand Maître in the Order of the legion of honour Photograph: Fred Dufour/AFP/Getty Images Hollande delivers a speech after being officially invested as France's president Photograph: Charles Platiau/AFP/Getty Images Sarkozy shakes hands with Hollande as they are about to leave the Elysée Photograph: Eric Feferberg/AFP/Getty Images Sarkozy, left, and his wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy leave the palace after the formal investiture ceremony Photograph: Patrick Kovarik/AFP/Getty Images Sarkozy waves as he leaves after the handover ceremony Photograph: Jacky Naegelen/Reuters President-elect François Hollande waves as he is driven down the Champs Elysées in the rain Photograph: Laurent Cipriani/AP Hollande endures the rain before paying his respects to the Unknown soldier at the Arc de Triomphe Photograph: Martin Bureau/AFP/Getty Images President François Hollande pays his respects after laying a wreath on the Unknown Soldier's tomb at the Arc of Triomphe in Paris Photograph: Martin Bureau/AFP/Getty Images New French President Francois Hollande greets supporters outside the Elysee Palace as he leaves to attend a ceremony in the Tuileries Photograph: Yoan Valat/EPA Hollande and Trierweiler walk in the Tuileries gardens as they arrive for a ceremonial tribute to the former French statesman Jules Ferry Photograph: Ian Langsdon/EPA A worker removes the official portraits of Sarkozy from the Elysée Photograph: Thibault Camus/AP Sarkozy jogs after the handover ceremony Photograph: Thomas Samson/AFP/Getty Images