In pictures: Obama in Cuba

President Barack Obama has arrived in Cuba for a historic visit to the island and talks with its communist leader. 

Image copyright Reuters Image caption The US president emerged smiling from Air Force One, with first lady Michelle and their daughters, Sasha and Malia.

Holding umbrellas, the party walked in light drizzle along a red carpet to be greeted by Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez.

Local residents watched the motorcade transporting Mr Obama and his family to Havana.

Two hours after landing, Mr Obama greeted staff from the US embassy with the words: "It is wonderful to be here." He added the trip was a chance to for him to lay out a "vision for a future that is brighter than our past".

Barack Obama's visit, the first by a sitting US president since the 1959 revolution, is being seen as a significant step towards the full normalisation of relations between the US and Cuba after decades of hostility. Here, people watch the president's motorcade in Havana.

The tour was meant to see them interacting with ordinary Cubans on the streets, but this part of the itinerary was marred by a tropical storm.