In pictures: Prince Harry on tour of US

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Prince Harry in front of US flag
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Prince Harry is in the United States for a week and is promoting a number of charities with a central theme of supporting injured service personnel from the UK and US forces.

Prince Harry playing sitting volleyball at the Warrior Games
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Harry played sitting volleyball with the UK team during a visit to the Warrior Games - a sporting event for injured servicemen and women.

Prince Harry watching a US Marine Corps silent drill at a visit to the Warrior Games opening ceremony
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Harry watched a US Marine Corps drill during the opening ceremony of the Warrior Games, which he attended on the third day of his visit. Harry has said he hopes to bring the games to the UK.

Prince Harry with security
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Security on the prince's visit is being handled by the US state department. Residents of one town on the tour have been told by their mayor most of them "won't get anywhere near him".

Prince Harry with John McCain
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Veteran and one-time presidential candidate John McCain is reported to have told Army captain Harry that the prince was "probably a much better pilot" than he was.

Prince Harry fans with camera phones
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Overwhelmingly female senate office staff - and Prince Harry fans - could be heard screaming as they crammed into corridors and doorways to welcome him.

Prince Harry discusses landmine work
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The prince attended an exhibition by the anti-landmine Halo Trust, a charity supported by Princess Diana before she died.

Michelle Obama with Prince Harry and children
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First Lady Michelle Obama said it was "an honour" to welcome the prince to the White House. There was a loud cheer when Mrs Obama mentioned Prince Harry's military experience.

Prince Harry's dinner place
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Senator John McCain joked that a glittering dinner for 30 guests would be a "wild and raucous affair". The prince sat between the wives of Secretary of State John Kerry and the British ambassador.

Young Prince Harry fans with cameras
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The last time Prince Harry was in America the wrong kind of photographs made the headlines. But on this official visit, fans have been trying to grab a memento since he arrived.

Prince Harry walking through Arlington cemetery
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Thousands of America's war dead are buried at Virginia's Arlington cemetery where Prince Harry laid a wreath on the second day of his visit.

A message to Prince Harry's "comrades-in-arms"
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The prince used the formal Captain Henry Wales as he left flowers in section 60 of the cemetery, where American casualties from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are buried.

Crowd at Arlington cemetery trying to get a picture
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There was a large crowd at the cemetery but none of the screaming frenzy that greeted the prince's earlier visit to Capitol Hill.