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Vladimir Putin has dominated the Russian political scene for almost two decades, currently serving his fourth term as the president. TIME magazine named him Person of the Year in 2007 and Forbes ranked him the world’s most powerful man from 2013 to 2016—four times in a row. Here are some interesting facts you should know about the Russian leader.

Born on Oct. 7, 1952, he grew up in a communal apartment block (pictured) in Leningrad, now St. Petersburg, the Russian city ravaged in World War II. He shared the fifth-floor walk-up with his parents and two siblings.

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Pope Francis is viewed by many European liberals as the greatest moral voice against the resurgence in populism and the demonization of migrants.

He married Lyudmila in 1983, and the couple had two daughters: Maria and Katerina. The children went to school under assumed names for security reasons. In April 2014, Putin's divorce from his wife of 30 years was finalized.

(Pictured) Putin with wife Lyudmila and daughter Maria in spring 1985.

A gold-coated Apple Watch (pictured), which also depicts the Moscow skyline and the double-headed eagle of Russia’s coat of arms, was made by the Russian-Italian jewelry brand, Caviar Perna Penna in 2015. Priced at 197,000 rubles ($3,073), only 999 units of the “Putin Apple Watch” were made.

On Aug. 18, 2015, Putin took a ride in a mini-submarine (pictured) to explore the ruins of a 9th or 10th-century Byzantine trading ship in Crimea, which was annexed by Russia in 2014. He’s also done this in 2013 when he dove in a submersible in the Gulf of Finland to explore the remains of a naval frigate.

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Pope Francis and President Putin share a deep concern for the ever-diminishing presence of Christians in the Middle East. Last month, tensions escalated between Ukraine and Russia when President Putin made it easier for certain categories of Ukrainians and residents of the pro-Russian

It was Putin ’s third meeting with Pope Francis and fifth visit to the Vatican. The Russian leader arrived nearly an hour late for his meeting with the pope , as he did for both of his prior meetings with Francis . Putin also briefly spoke with Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin and Archbishop Paul Richard

Renowned photographer Platon clicked Putin for the TIME magazine cover, a simple head-shot that went on to win the World Press Photo 2008 award in Portraits Singles category. Platon and Putin also bonded over their love for The Beatles during the shoot, with the Russian president revealing that “Yesterday” was his favorite Beatles number.

He started training in judo in 1964. An avid martial artist, Putin earned the fifth-degree black belt in judo in 2001, the highest ranked ninth-dan in taekwondo in 2013 and the eighth-dan black belt in karate in 2014.

(Pictured) Putin takes part in a judo training session during a meeting with the Russian national judo team in Moscow, Russia, on Jan. 8, 2016.

Other than martial arts, Putin enjoys fishing, horse-riding, whitewater rafting, scuba diving, skiing and ice hockey. He usually works out at an open-air gym at the Bocharov Ruchei residence in Sochi.

The Russian president is a known dog lover. He named his Bulgarian Shepherd, Buffy (R), after holding a nationwide naming contest. His other dog is an Akita Inu named Yume (L). Most of his pets were gifted to him, including a goat Skazka, a dwarf horse named Vadik and even a Siberian tiger cub. In 2017, he was presented with an alabai puppy, a home-bred Turkmen variety of the Central Asia shepherd dog, by Turkmenistan's President Kurbanguly Berdymukhamedov as a belated birthday gift.

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After a stint at law school, Putin joined the KGB (main security agency for the Soviet Union until its collapse in 1991), rising to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. During that period, he was posted in East Germany and monitored foreigners and consular officials in the main intelligence office there.

Putin’s paternal grandfather, Spiridon Ivanovich Putin, worked as a cook at Lenin’s country house and later as Stalin’s chef. Spiridon passed away when Putin was 13.

Apart from Russian, Putin learned German in high school and speaks it fluently. He acted as an interpreter for German Chancellor Angela Merkel during her 2013 trip to Russia. He rarely uses English but “can express myself more or less" in the language, according to an interview given to Newsweek.

Putin has time and again won overall approval of Russian citizens. In elections, he won 53 percent of the vote in 2000 and 73 percent in 2004, while his ally Dmitry Medvedev won 70 percent votes in 2008. According to a June 2017 Pew Research Center survey, 87 percent of Russians have some or a lot of confidence in Putin’s handling of global issues.

Vladimir Putin’s father was an atheist and his mother was a devout Orthodox Christian. His mother secretly baptized him into the Orthodox Church as an infant as the religion practitioners were persecuted at the time.

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(Pictured) Putin joins Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill at the St. Panteleimon monastery in Mount Athos, Greece.

The Russian president is all for promoting sports in the country. In 2010, he signed a deal with F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone to bring Formula One racing to Russia for seven seasons, from 2014 to 2020 in Sochi.

(Pictured) Putin in a Renault Formula One team car at a racing track in the Leningrad Region on Nov. 7, 2010.

Putin has a collection of luxurious watches, including a $500,000 Tourbograph Perpetual 'Pour Le Mérite' by A. Lange & Söhne. It has an 18-carat gold case, silver dial, crocodile skin strap and sapphire-crystal glass.

After tracking and tranquilizing tigers and polar bears with researchers and scientists, Putin took his love for wildlife to another level in 2012 (pictured) when he flew a motorized deltaplane light aircraft in the Yamal Peninsula to lead Siberian cranes, raised in captivity, on a migration route.

Putin showed off his pipes during a 2010 charity event in St. Petersburg when he sang Fat Domino’s “Blueberry Hill” in front of an audience that included Sharon Stone, Kevin Costner and Goldie Hawn. His spokesperson later said Putin learned the lyrics in his English class.

(Pictured) Putin plays the opening notes to "Blueberry Hill."

Putin drives a yellow Lada Kalina, an ivory-colored vintage Volga GAZ-21 and a black Niva, all Russian car brands. He’s even had the then-U.S. President George W. Bush (pictured) take over the wheels of the Volga on his visit to Russia. His non-Russian cars include an armored Mercedes-Benz S 600 Guard Pullman and a Mercedes Geländewagen.

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Putin co-piloted a firefighting aircraft to douse two of the hundreds of wildfires over western Russia in 2010.

One can find T-shirts with Putin’s face in gift stores across the country. The Putin brand can also be seen highlighted in Putinka, a vodka made by the state-owned Moscow Distillery Cristall company and PuTin canned foods made by Astrakhan Canned-food Plant.

Putin has made certain catchphrases uttered during his annual Q&A sessions, wherein he takes questions from anyone across the country, really popular. An example is “shearing a pig,” a phrase he used when asked why he hadn’t extradited Edward Snowden, the U.S. whistleblower, in 2013. Putin said he won’t respond to that issue because “it's like shearing a pig — lots of squeal but little wool.”

Onlookers gather at the edge of the Indus River after a boat capsized in Haripur district, Pakistan on July 3, 2019. At least four people have been killed and 21 are still missing, officials said on July 4, with a rescue operation continuing as hopes for finding survivors fade.

Stromboli volcano erupts in Sicily, Italy on July 3, 2019. A hiker has been killed and several people are missing.

Debris covers the ground after an airstrike at a detention center for migrants in Tajoura, Libya, on July 3, 2019. Over 40 people have been killed in the attack.

Myanmar's State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi speaks during a ceremony for Myanmar's Women Day in Naypyitaw on July 3, 2019.

Nepal's Foreign Minister Pradeep Gyawali (L) shakes hands with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi as he arrives for a meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China on July 3, 2019.

A boy pauses before taking a plunge into the ocean on a hot afternoon in Rabat, Morocco, on July 3, 2019.

Bangladesh's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina (L) and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang talk during a signing ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, on July 4, 2019.

Sidiq Farouq, a leader from the protest movement the Alliance for Freedom and Change, speaks at a press conference in the Sudanese capital Khartoum on July 3, 2019. Sudan's protest leaders have agreed to hold direct talks with the ruling generals after the African Union and Ethiopian mediators urged the two sides to resume stalled negotiations about a new governing body.

Servicewomen march during a military parade marking the Belarus Independence Day in Minsk, Belarus, on July 3, 2019.

Bulgaria's President Rumen Radev (L) and Chinese President Xi Jinping walk during a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on July 3, 2019.

Croatia's Ambassador to Russia Tomislav Car (L) presents his credentials to Russia's President Vladimir Putin during a ceremony at the Kremlin's Alexander Hall in Moscow, Russia.

Authorities inspect the scene after a man reported to be wearing an explosive belt blew himself up following a police chase, in the Intilaka area in Tunis, Tunisia, on July 3, 2019.

A woman walks by her burnt house after a shelling attack in the village of Zaitseve, Ukraine, on July 3, 2019.

Civil defense team members conduct rescue operations after explosions in the city of Al Bab, Syria, on July 3, 2019. At least two people were killed and 28 others injured by the explosions.

Suspected accomplices Hassan Aden Hassan (2nd L), Mohamed Ali Abdikar (C) and Rashid Charles Mberesero (2nd R) sit and wait for sentencing of abetting Somali jihadists who carried out a 2015 attack on Garissa University in northeast Kenya in which 148 people were killed at Milimani law Courts in Nairobi on July 3, 2019. Mberesero was sentenced to life while the other two received 41 years each.

Taxis line up to pick up customers at a taxi station in the Iranian capital Tehran on July 3, 2019. The economy is struggling in part because of the crippling U.S. sanctions targeting Iran's oil sales, banking transactions and major industries like steel and petrochemicals.

Zimbabweans queue outside a Home Affairs Department office to apply for passports in Harare, Zimbabwe, on July 3, 2019.

Ministry of Public Works employees clean up the landslide with the help of bulldozers in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on July 3, 2019. Five people were killed and three are missing after torrential rains in Haiti.

An employee of the Honduran Secretary of Health takes part in a fumigation operation to combat Aedes aegypti, vector of the dengue fever in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, on July 3, 2019. Honduras declared national alert on July 3 for dengue fever, which left at least 44 dead this year, authorities announced.

People react near a call center where employees were kidnapped by unidentified individuals in Cancún, Mexico, July 3, 2019.

Security officials of the Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) escort arrested senior leader of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Rana Sanaullah to court in Lahore, Pakistan, on July 2, 2019. He was sent on a 14-day judicial remand on July 2, a day after he was arrested for possessing a large quantity of drugs in his vehicle.

A journalist undergoes a radiological scan at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, in Pripyat, Ukraine, on July 2, 2019. The power station's reactor number four exploded in April 1986, showering radiation over the local area, nearby regions of Belarus, and other portions of Europe.

The president of People's Party, Pablo Casado (R), is seen talking to the press next to the president of Navarrese People's Union, Javier Esparza, after a meeting in the Parliament to sign a joint document in Madrid, Spain, on July 2, 2019.

Migrants are seen with their belongings at the yard of a detention center for mainly African migrants, hit by an airstrike, in Tajoura, Libya, on July 3, 2019.

Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (R) meets with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky during a bilateral meeting of the Ukraine Reform Conference in Toronto, Canada, on July 2, 2019.

New U.S. citizens stand for the Pledge of Allegiance during a naturalization ceremony inside the National September 11 Memorial & Museum in New York City, New York, U.S., on July 2, 2019.

Police officers stand guard in front of bags of cocaine seized during a special operation, at a press conference of the leadership of the National Police and the Anti-Narcotic Police Department and representatives of the U.S. Department of Justice, at the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Kiev, Ukraine, on July 2, 2019.

Venezuela President Nicolás Maduro speaks during a meeting with members of the government at the Miraflores Palace in Caracas, Venezuela, on July 2, 2019.

Farooq Sattar, leader of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM-Pakistan) political party, addresses businessmen and representatives of various small traders, associations and markets against, what they say is, a harsh federal budget for the fiscal year 2019-20 that hikes the gas and oil prices and imposition of taxes, during a protest rally in Karachi, Pakistan, on July 2, 2019.

Police officers are seen next to a building's roof, which was blown off by a strong wind, on a street in Zagreb, Croatia, on July 2, 2019.

French Defense Minister Florence Parly inspects the troops during a visit to the United Nations Interim Forces in Shamaa, Lebanon, on July 2, 2019.

A petrol tanker that crashed off the road and exploded, leaving over 100 people injured, is seen in Ahumbe, Nigeria, on July 2, 2019.

Rodolphe Gintz, head of French customs, and Muhammad Amjad Aziz Qazi, deputy head of Mission at the Embassy of Pakistan in Paris, sign official documents as France returns 445 artifacts from the 2nd and 3rd millennium B.C. to Pakistan, which were seized by French customs between 2006 and 2007, in Paris, France, on July 2, 2019.

Bulgaria's Prime Minister Boyko Borissov arrives for the European Union leaders summit in Brussels, Belgium, on July 2, 2019.

People view the solar eclipse through a telescope in an astronomical complex at the Higher University of San Andrés, in La Paz, Bolivia, on July 2, 2019.

A couple waits to see the solar eclipse, to be seen partially in Montevideo, Uruguay, on July 2, 2019.

British Royal Marines servicemen hold Union Jack after the UK-led Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF) military exercise Baltic Protector 2019 in the former Soviet military town near Skrunda, Latvia, on July 2, 2019.

Moldova's Prime Minister Maia Sandu (L) shakes hands with Romanian President Klaus Iohannis at the Cotroceni Presidential Palace in Bucharest, Romania, on July 2, 2019.

Pakistani officials of the Baluchistan Frontier Constabulary pile up confiscated drugs and alcohol to burn in Quetta, Pakistan, on July 1, 2019.

Police officers from Italy and Slovenia begin joint patrols to stem the flow of illegal arrivals from the Balkans, at their shared border area, in Lipica, Slovenia, on July 1, 2019.

Pakistani laborers collect sea salt in Karachi on July 1, 2019.

Soldiers of the 128th Separate Mountain Infantry Brigade participate in a three-week-long drill by British instructors near Uzhhorod, Ukraine, on July 1, 2019.

Belarusian army helicopters fly over Minsk as they prepare for a military air show ahead of the Independence Day military parade on July 1, 2019.

Police fire tear gas at protesters near the government headquarters in Hong Kong on July 2, 2019.

People gather to watch the sun rise on July 1, 2019. People traditionally welcome July's first sunrise at the most Eastern part of Bulgaria, near the village of Kamen Bryag.

Safaricom chairman Nicholas Ng'ang'a speaks during a press conference following the death of Bob Collymore, Safaricom's chief executive, in Nairobi, Kenya, on July 1, 2019.

A building is left in ruins after a U.S. military air strike against Al-Qaeda-linked militants in Aleppo, Syria, on July 1, 2019.

Iranian traders work at the Tehran Stock Exchange on July 1, 2019. Iran's stock market is reportedly thriving, despite U.S. sanctions which battered its economy and an uncertain future as geopolitical tensions soar in the Gulf.

Japan's Emperor Naruhito greets Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud upon his arrival at the Akasaka Palace in Tokyo, Japan, on July 2, 2019.

Mourners carry the coffin of Egyptian actor Ezzat Abu Auf during his funeral ceremony at the Sayyida Nafisa mosque in Cairo, Egypt, on July 1, 2019.

Indonesian police personnel show photographs of Jemaah Islamiah terrorist network leader Para Wijayanto, and various seized items, at a press conference in Jakarta, Indonesia, on July 1, 2019, as Wijayanto was detained by counter-terrorism police with his wife at a hotel on the outskirts of the capital city.

Rescue workers search for survivors under the cover of a tarpaulin after a wall collapsed on shanties due to heavy rains at a slum in Mumbai, India, on July 2, 2019.

Iraq's Energy and Oil Minister Thamir Ghadhban attends the OPEC Conference in Vienna, Austria, on July 1, 2019.

People attend a protest against natural gas price rise in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on July 1, 2019.

South Sudan President Salva Kiir Mayardit (L) and his Kenyan counterpart Uhuru Kenyatta leave after their joint press conference in Nairobi, Kenya, on July 1, 2019.

People rummage through rubble after a huge fire burned down dozens of houses and killed at least one person in Bukavu, Congo, on the night between June 30 and July 1, 2019.

Supporters of political party Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan march against the Budget 2019 and IMF during a protest in Karachi, Pakistan, on June 30, 2019, after prices were hiked in the country.

U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un cross the border line at the village of Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone between North and South Korea on June 30, 2019.

Personnel of India’s Punjab Police and workers unload bags of suspected heroin and mixed narcotics – recovered by customs officials at the Integrated Check Post – from a truck in Amritsar, India, on June 30, 2019.

Anti-extradition bill protesters demonstrate near a flag-raising ceremony for the anniversary of Hong Kong’s handover to China, in Hong Kong on July 1, 2019.

Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman Al Saud and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe shake hands during their meeting in Osaka, Japan, on June 30, 2019.

Iraqi anti-riot police prevent protesters from breaking into the provincial council building during a demonstration in Basra, Iraq, on June 30, 2019.

(L-R) Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Tajikistan President Emomali Rahmon attend a meeting in Minsk, Belarus, on June 30, 2019.

(L-R) Slovak Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini, French President Emmanuel Macron, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Mihaly Orbán pose for an official photo prior to a European Council Summit in Brussels, Belgium, on June 30, 2019.

Japanese politician Hideyuki Tanaka is seen during a visit to Lalitpur, Nepal, on June 30, 2019.

(L-R) European Commissioner for Trade Cecilia Malmstrom, Romania's Minister of Business Environment, Trade and Entrepreneurship Ștefan Radu Oprea and Vietnam's Ministry of Industry and Trade Tran Tuan Anh sign the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement in Hanoi, Vietnam, on June 30, 2019.

Latvian Prime Minister Arturs Krišjānis Kariņš arrives at a European Union leaders summit that aims to select candidates for top EU institution jobs, in Brussels, Belgium, on June 30, 2019.

A boy makes his way under heavy rain in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on June 30, 2019.

Protesters burn tires as they block a main road in Nigeria’s Maiduguri on June 30, 2019, during a demonstration calling for a ban on the anti-Boko Haram CJTF militia.

Election workers carry ballot boxes to a counting center in Shkodër, Albania, on June 30, 2019.

Bulgaria's Prime Minister Boyko Borissov arrives for a European Council Summit in Brussels on June 30, 2019.

People shout slogans against the military in Khartoum, Sudan, on June 30, 2019, demanding hand over of power to civilians.

Pakistani and Afghan fans clash as their cricket teams face off in their World Cup match in Leeds, England, on June 29, 2019.

Indian and Pakistani Sikh pilgrims gather at the mausoleum of Maharaja Ranjit Singh during commemorations of his 180th death anniversary in Lahore, Pakistan, on June 29, 2019.

Egypt President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi (2nd from L) attends a meeting with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin (2nd from R) on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Osaka, Japan, on June 29, 2019.

An activist flies the rainbow flag as she takes part in a Pride Parade in Kathmandu, Nepal, on June 29, 2019.

Iraq President Barham Salih meets with a delegation from the U.N. Security Council in Baghdad, Iraq, on June 29, 2019.

Romania Prime Minister Viorica Dăncilă gives her first speech as the newly elected president of the Social Democratic Party during a meet in Bucharest on June 29, 2019.

Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman al Saud shakes hands with Russia's President Vladimir Putin during a meeting on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Osaka on June 29.

President of Nigeria Muhammadu Buhari (C) chairs the 55th Ordinary Session of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in Abuja, Nigeria, on June 29, 2019.

A municipal worker cleans a WWII monument in Minsk, Belarus, on June 29, 2019. The former Soviet nation prepares to celebrate its Independence Day on July 3 in memory of the end of Belarus occupation by Nazi Germany troops in 1944.

Serbian riot police guard look on as activists participate in a gay pride parade in Belgrade, Serbia, on June 29, 2019.

Shwe Mann, leader of the Union Betterment Party, makes a speech during a party meeting in Yangon, Myanmar, on June 29, 2019.

Bangladeshi youth take a dip in the Buriganga river during a hot summer day in Dhaka on June 29, 2019.

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani (R) is received by the chief minister of Punjab province Usman Buzdar at Lahore airport in Pakistan, on June 28, 2019.

Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman with U.S. President Donald Trump, at the G20 leaders summit in Osaka, Japan, on June 29, 2019.

Protesters hold umbrellas to avoid being recognized by the police video recording during a standoff with police in a rally at the Central Waterfront in Hong Kong, on June 29, 2019.

An adherent of the Qadiriyah sufi preforms outside the tomb of Sheikh Hamed al-Nil, a 19th century Sufi leader, where they attend weekly gathering to dance and chant religious hymns until the sunset, in Khartoum, Sudan, on June 28, 2019.

Firefighters evacuate a passenger from a plane during an emergency drill simulating a bomb attack at the Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal on June 28, 2019.

The husband of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, Richard Ratcliffe, continues his hunger strike outside the Iranian Embassy in London, England, on June 28, 2019.

Members of the LGBTQ community stage a protest march near the presidential palace to denounce Philippines' President Rodrigo Duterte as they mark Pride Month in Manila, Philippines, on June 28, 2019.

Members of Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) take part in a military parade in the town of Taza, Kirkuk, Iraq on June 28, 2019.

A group of Sri Lankans hold placards during a protest condemning signed death sentences for four people convicted of drug-related offences in a decision by Sri Lanka's President Maithripala Sirisena, in front of the Welikada Prison in Colombo, Sri Lanka on June 28, 2019.

A Palestinian man is seen as Israeli police officers raid Palestinians on a second day after Mohammad Samir was shot with live ammunition in the heart and the chest by Israeli forces during peaceful protests in the al-Issawiya neighborhood of East Jerusalem on June 28, 2019.

A message opposing the border wall is seen on a car at a mass honoring migrants who recently died during their journeys, at La Lomita chapel by the U.S.-Mexico border in Mission, Texas, U.S., on June 28, 2019.

A demonstrator holds up a sign during a protest demanding the removal of the ruling elite in Algiers, Algeria on June 28, 2019.

Egypt's President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi (L) shakes hands with Russia's President Vladimir Putin during a meeting on the sidelines of a G20 leaders summit, in Osaka, Japan, on June 29, 2019.

Moroccans gather in a coffeeshop to watch their national soccer team play Côte d'Ivoire in the African Nations Cup held in Egypt, in the old Medina of Sale, Morocco, on June 28, 2019.

Members of the Bundestag (German Federal Parliament) take part in a roll-call vote on the deployment of the German Armed Forces in Lebanon, in Berlin, Germany, on June 28, 2019.

Military jets fly during a rehearsal for the military parade marking the Independence Day of Belarus in central Minsk, Belarus on June 28, 2019.

A man holds the new Kenyan bank notes in circulation on June 28, 2019, in Nairobi, Kenya. Kenya is withdrawing the old notes to crack down on embezzlement and tackle a wave of counterfeit.

Gustavo Tarre, who is appointed by Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido (not pictured) to represent Venezuela in the meeting of the Organization of American States (OAS), speaks during a news conference in Medellin, Colombia, on June 28, 2019.

People bathe in the Trocadero Fountain near the Eiffel Tower during a heatwave in Paris, France, on June 28, 2019.

A helicopter flies over a wildfire near the city of Toledo, Spain on June 28, 2019.

Pope Francis speaks during an audience with the Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network at the Vatican, on June 28, 2019.

People shout slogans during a protest against the lynching of a Muslim man, in Kolkata, India, on June 28, 2019.

Lady Gaga at Pride Live's 2019 Stonewall Day concert in New York City, New York, U.S., on June 28, 2019.

Pakistani Sikhs perform during the 180th death anniversary of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, leader of the Sikh empire, at the Lahore Fort in Pakistan on June 27, 2019.

Queen Elizabeth II receives Iraqi President Barham Salih and his wife Sarbagh Salih during a private audience at Buckingham Palace in London, England, on June 27, 2019.

American rapper Travis Scott performs during the World Music Festival "Mawazine" in Rabat, Morocco, on June 26, 2019.

Internally displaced people, mostly women and children sacked by Boko Haram jihadists, try to climb a truck on a highway to protest shortage of food and diversion of aid supplies meant for them by camp officials, in Maiduguri, Nigeria, on June 27, 2019.

African Union Chairperson and Egypt's President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi (L) is welcomed by Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to the G20 Summit in Osaka, Japan, on June 28, 2019.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks during a press conference where he urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to release 24 Ukrainian sailors seized near the Kerch Strait last year, in Kiev, Ukraine, on June 27, 2019.

The wreckage of a car in Damascus, Syria, on June 27, 2019, after an explosive device went off in Syria's capital city on June 27 wounding a woman and her child.

Protesters chant slogans and wave the national flag as they demonstrate against the ruling military council in Khartoum, Sudan, on June 27, 2019.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (L) and Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro attend a meeting on world economy at the G20 Summit in Osaka, Japan, on June 28, 2019.

Women hold flowers as they attend a ceremony to bury the remains of 150 soldiers from the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war in Tehran, Iran, on June 27, 2019.

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman is welcomed by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe prior to the family photo at the G20 Summit in Osaka, Japan, on June 28, 2019.

Activists stand next to a coffin during a symbolic funeral of the Ukrainian Constitution in front of the presidential office in Kiev, Ukraine, on June 27, 2019.

U.S. President Donald Trump (R) meets with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a meeting on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Osaka, Japan, on June 28, 2019.

President of Venezuela Nicolas Maduro speaks during the Simon Bolivar Journalism National Award ceremony at Palacio de Miraflores in Caracas, Venezuela, on June 27, 2019.

As temperature soars, a man jumps in the water at Ada Ciganlija lake in Belgrade, Serbia, on June 27, 2019.

Thailand's Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha arrives at Kansai airport in Japan, on June 27, 2019, ahead of the G20 Summit.

Supporters of Myanmar's LGBT community hold banners and flowers during a rally to protest the death of Kyaw Zin Win outside Myanmar Imperial University in Yangon, Myanmar on June 28, 2019.

Protesters gather outside the Central Government Offices during a rally against a controversial extradition bill in Hong Kong on June 27, 2019.

Egypt's President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi (C) is greeted as he arrives at Kansai International Airport in Japan on June 27, 2019, ahead of the G20 Summit.

Pope Francis, born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, is the 266th pope of the Roman Catholic Church. He is widely loved and admired for his humility and advocacy of humanitarian issues. Here are some interesting facts about him.

Pope Francis doesn't wear the red shoes made specifically for him but chooses to wear the usual black ones from his native country Argentina.

He is well-known for being connected with his followers and often surprises people who write to him with unexpected phone calls. An Italian newspaper even published an etiquette guide to follow while speaking with the pope on the phone.

When he served as the bishop of Buenos Aires in Argentina, he used to wash the feet of people in jails, hospital and the poor on Holy Thursday – something he still does today.

(Pictured) Pope Francis kisses the foot of a man as he performs the traditional washing of the feet during a visit to a center for disabled people as part of Holy Thursday on April 17, 2014, in Rome.

Pope Francis broke many records for being the first: the first Jesuit pope, the first from the Southern Hemisphere, the first from the Americas, as well as the first non-European pope since Pope Gregory III from Syria in 741.

He was the eldest of five children. His only living sibling is Maria Elena Bergoglio, his youngest sister.

(Pictured) Pope Francis, then known as Jorge Mario Bergoglio (top row, 2nd from left) with his family, including Maria Elena (1st left).

He opted not to live in the official papal residence in the Apostolic Palace. Instead, he chose the much humbler Casa Santa Marta, a Vatican guesthouse, so he could receive visitors and hold meetings with ordinary people.

In his youth, Pope Francis enjoyed dancing the tango before discovering a "religious vocation.” On his birthday in 2014, tango enthusiasts danced on the Via della Conciliazione in front of St. Peter's Square, Rome.

(Pictured) The pope celebrating his 78th birthday in Vatican City.

He chose the name Francis in honor of St. Francis of Assisi, a 13th-century monk known for his charity and kindness to animals.

He is a big soccer fan, and Argentina’s Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro is his favorite team.

(Pictured) The pope with members of sports associations for the 70th anniversary of the establishment of Centro Sportivo Italiano, in Vatican City on June 7, 2014.

He was the TIME Person of the Year in 2013. He has also made it to TIME’s list of the 100 Most Influential People, where former U.S. President Barack Obama wrote a short piece dedicated to him.

From 1998 to 2013, he was the Archbishop of Buenos Aires. He was made a cardinal in 2001 by Pope John Paul II.

(Pictured) Jorge Mario Bergoglio greets Pope John Paul II after being made a cardinal.

Willie Davidson, the grandson of a Harley-Davidson co-founder, gifted a 1,584-cc motorbike to the Pope on the company’s 100th anniversary. He auctioned it for about $327,000 and the proceeds went to a soup kitchen and a hostel for the homeless in Rome.

In early 2014, he became the first pontiff to grace the cover of the Rolling Stone magazine and in 2015, released a music album "Wake Up!" that has been classified as pop-rock.

Pope Francis’ favorite virtue is love, as he revealed in an interview. His other favorites include “Babette’s Feast” (movie), "The White Crucifixion" by Mark Chagall (painting) and his grandmother Rosa.

He has only one lung. The other was removed when he was a teenager, after an infection.

(Pictured) Pope Francis greets Simona Atzori, an Italian differently abled dancer, during a special audience with Paralympic athletes in Paul VI hall at the Vatican on Oct. 4, 2014.

Going out for a pizza is one of the things he misses the most since becoming the pope.

It has been reported that he sneaks out at night to meet with the homeless. When he was Archbishop of Buenos Aires, he used to regularly venture out at night to talk to and eat with the poor.

(Pictured) Pope Francis visits the homeless who are served meals by Catholic charities, in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Sept. 24, 2015.

When he was the Archbishop of Buenos Aires, he regularly used the subway (pictured, 2nd from L) with the general public, but preferred the bus as he could look outside.

He renewed his passport in 2014 as a regular Argentinian citizen, despite having a diplomatic one from the Vatican, and specifically asked to not have any special privileges.

He used to work as a bar bouncer in Buenos Aires when he was younger.

The pope has a background in chemistry, though his level of training is unclear. He did graduate as a chemical technician from the Escuela Técnica Industrial No. 12, a state-run technical secondary school. He has also reportedly taught at some high schools in Argentina.

(Pictured) The pope talks with students at Our Lady Queen of Angels School in East Harlem in New York, U.S., on Sept. 25, 2015.

He speaks three languages – Spanish, Italian and German. Apart from these, he can also manage some English and French.

(Pictured) With Paraguayan President Horacio Cartes (R) as dancers perform after his arrival at the international airport in Asuncion, Paraguay, on July 10, 2015.

He has his own set of emojis, called Popemoji. Honoring his visit to the U.S., Swyft Media produced a set of emojis reflecting his sense of humor.