Gordon Brown visits Iraq

Britain's next Prime Minister Gordon Brown (R) shakes hands with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki in Baghdad, June 11. Brown arrived in Iraq for what he called a fact-finding trip as he weighs Britain's future involvement in a four-year-old war that is hugely unpopular among Britons. It is his first visit since being confirmed as the successor to Tony Blair.

Britain's next Prime Minister Gordon Brown poses for a photo with British soldiers in Baghdad, June 11. Brown arrived in Iraq for what he called a fact-finding trip as he weighs Britain's future involvement in a four-year-old war that is hugely unpopular among Britons. It is his first visit since being confirmed as the successor to Tony Blair.