Nowadays selfie - self-portraits made with the camera phone - went into everyday life. Most people on the planet like to photograph themselves, especially against the backdrop of attractions or with popular personalities. As it turned out, the heads of states are not against this amusement either. Many famous people are happy to take photos with ordinary citizens and people of their rank.
In the photo: Russian President Vladimir Putin, as always, is unruffled, but he positively poses for the winners of the II Summer Youth Olympic Games 2014 in Nanjing.
During his recent visit to Great Britain, President Xi Jinping made not only contracts worth over $46 billion, but also managed to be photographed with the Prime Minister of the State David Cameron and the quarterback of the Manchester City football club Sergio Aguero.
In the photo: US President Barack Obama is happy to take pictures with the baseball player David Ortiz.
In the photo: German Chancellor Angela Merkel is not ashamed to do selfies with Berlin schoolchildren.
In the photo: Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev does not mind taking a picture with the passengers of the first flight of Dobrolet, bound for Simferopol.
In the photo: French President Francois Hollande is happy to make selfies with the youth.
In the photo: Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff feels herself on the same wavelength with the workers of the Olympic Park in Rio de Janeiro and willingly poses for them.
In the photo: US Secretary of State John Kerry is making selfie with students of Indonesia.
In the photo: the head of the LDPR party Vladimir Zhirinovsky makes photos with singers from the male chorus named after the 25th anniversary of the LDPR.
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