Nicolas Sarkozy and Carla Bruni-Sarkozy in the US

Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, dine at the Central Park Boathouse Restaurant in New York City Photograph: Sipa Press/Rex Features Photograph: Sipa Press/guardian.co.uk The couple leave their Manhattan hotel to attend an event at Columbia University Photograph: Stan Honda/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Stan Honda/guardian.co.uk Sarkozy and his wife arrive to address a world leaders' forum at Columbia University Photograph: Lucas Jackson/Reuters Photograph: Lucas Jackson/guardian.co.uk The couple sit in the audience at Columbia University where he will deliver a speech to students Photograph: Eric Feferberg/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Eric Feferberg/guardian.co.uk Sarkozy addresses the audience during a world leaders' forum Photograph: Lucas Jackson/Reuters Photograph: Lucas Jackson/guardian.co.uk Bruni-Sarkozy visits a music classroom at Julliard school in New York Photograph: Eric Feferberg/Reuters Photograph: Eric Feferberg/guardian.co.uk Bruni-Sarkozy at the Julliard school Photograph: Sipa Press/Rex Features Photograph: Sipa Press/guardian.co.uk Bruni-Sarkozy visits a KIPP school (Knowledge is Power Programme) in Washington, DC. The schools are for underprivileged pupils Photograph: Jacques Witt/AP Photograph: Jacques Witt/guardian.co.uk Bruni-Sarkozy at the KIPP school Photograph: Jacques Witt/AP Photograph: Jacques Witt/guardian.co.uk Bruni-Sarkozy talks with a KIPP school pupil Photograph: Jacques Witt/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Jacques Witt/guardian.co.uk Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, speaks to the media with Sarkozy after their meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC Photograph: Alex Wong/Getty Images Photograph: Alex Wong/guardian.co.uk Sarkozy meets US senator, John Kerry, with the French economy, industry and employment minister, Christine Lagarde, left, in Washington Photograph: Eric Feferberg/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Eric Feferberg/guardian.co.uk Sarkozy and his wife at Ben's Chili Bowl restaurant in Washington, DC Photograph: Benjamin J Myers/Reuters Photograph: Benjamin J Myers/guardian.co.uk Sarkozy and US president, Barack Obama, run up the steps to the stage to hold a joint press conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC Photograph: Tim Sloan/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Tim Sloan/guardian.co.uk Sarkozy and Obama hold a joint press conference in the East Room of the White House Photograph: Tim Sloan/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Tim Sloan/guardian.co.uk