First Lady Melania Trump boards her military plane at Cairo International Airport, following the final stop of her week-long trip to four countries in Africa.
In pictures: Melania Trump in Africa
First Lady Melania Trump boards her military plane at Cairo International Airport, following the final stop of her week-long trip to four countries in Africa.
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Updated 0127 GMT (0927 HKT) October 08, 2018

Melania Trump is taking her first major solo trip abroad as first lady of the United States.

She is zigzagging across Africa, visiting Ghana, Malawi, Kenya and Egypt. She is promoting her "Be Best" campaign and highlighting women's and children's health.

See the best photos from her weeklong trip, which ends Saturday.

First Lady Melania Trump visits the Giza Pyramids and Sphinx on October 6.
First Lady Melania Trump visits the Giza Pyramids and Sphinx on October 6.
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First Lady Melania Trump meets with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and his wife, Intissar Amer al-Sisi, at the Presidential palace in Cairo on October 6.
First Lady Melania Trump meets with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and his wife, Intissar Amer al-Sisi, at the Presidential palace in Cairo on October 6.
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First lady Melania Trump takes a guided safari at Nairobi National Park in Kenya on Friday, October 5. She sparked controversy with her hat, a pristine white pith helmet, <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/05/politics/melania-trump-pith-helmet-africa/index.html" target="_blank">which some compared to those worn by colonialists and European militaries throughout Africa.</a>
First lady Melania Trump takes a guided safari at Nairobi National Park in Kenya on Friday, October 5. She sparked controversy with her hat, a pristine white pith helmet, which some compared to those worn by colonialists and European militaries throughout Africa.
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Singing children greet first lady Melania Trump and Margaret Kenyatta, the first lady of Kenya, as they arrive at the National Theatre in Nairobi.
Singing children greet first lady Melania Trump and Margaret Kenyatta, the first lady of Kenya, as they arrive at the National Theatre in Nairobi.
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First lady Melania Trump walks with children from the Nest Orphanage during her visit to Nairobi.
First lady Melania Trump walks with children from the Nest Orphanage during her visit to Nairobi.
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<a href="https://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2018/10/05/melania-elephant-africa-sot-vpx.hln" target="_blank">A baby elephant bumps into first lady Melania Trump</a> as she visits the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust's orphan elephant rescue at Nairobi National Park.
A baby elephant bumps into first lady Melania Trump as she visits the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust's orphan elephant rescue at Nairobi National Park.
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First lady Melania Trump takes photos with her cell phone during a safari at Nairobi National Park.
First lady Melania Trump takes photos with her cell phone during a safari at Nairobi National Park.
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First lady Melania Trump walks across the playground at Chipala Primary School in Lilongwe, Malawi, during a visit Thursday, October 4.
First lady Melania Trump walks across the playground at Chipala Primary School in Lilongwe, Malawi, during a visit Thursday, October 4.
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First lady Melania Trump meets with students at Chipala Primary School in Lilongwe.
First lady Melania Trump meets with students at Chipala Primary School in Lilongwe.
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First lady Melania Trump waves to children at Chipala Primary School.
First lady Melania Trump waves to children at Chipala Primary School.
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Museum educator Kwesi Essel-Blankson and first lady Melania Trump visit the "door of no return," a portal through which slaves were taken to ships, at Cape Coast Castle in Ghana on Wednesday, October 3.
Museum educator Kwesi Essel-Blankson and first lady Melania Trump visit the "door of no return," a portal through which slaves were taken to ships, at Cape Coast Castle in Ghana on Wednesday, October 3.
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Museum educator Kwesi Essel-Blankson and first lady Melania Trump tour the Cape Coast Castle, one of dozens of hubs in the trans-Atlantic slave trade.
Museum educator Kwesi Essel-Blankson and first lady Melania Trump tour the Cape Coast Castle, one of dozens of hubs in the trans-Atlantic slave trade.
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First lady Melania Trump hands out teddy bears and "Be Best"-themed blankets donated by the White House to young children and their mothers at the Greater Accra Regional Hospital in Accra, Ghana.
First lady Melania Trump hands out teddy bears and "Be Best"-themed blankets donated by the White House to young children and their mothers at the Greater Accra Regional Hospital in Accra, Ghana.
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First lady Melania Trump disembarks from her plane after landing at Kotoka International Airport in Accra, Ghana, on Tuesday, October 2, as she begins her weeklong trip to Africa to promote her 'Be Best' campaign.
First lady Melania Trump disembarks from her plane after landing at Kotoka International Airport in Accra, Ghana, on Tuesday, October 2, as she begins her weeklong trip to Africa to promote her 'Be Best' campaign.
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