![Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan (left) with Britain's Catherine, duchess of Cambridge, and Prince William, duke of Cambridge, in Islamabad on October 15.](https://gdb.rferl.org/04BEAB24-077C-4017-97AC-DACCD75DD452_w250_r0_s.jpg)
![The duke and duchess meeting a park ranger in the Margalla Hills in Islamabad. The royal couple is in Pakistan on their first visit from October 14 to October 18.](https://gdb.rferl.org/42E1A690-3BE7-435D-BE72-469BFBB8FDA5_w250_r0_s.jpg)
![Catherine dons a regimental cap of the Chitral scouts on her arrival in Pakistan’s Chitral District in the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.](https://gdb.rferl.org/7A62DF2C-3321-4313-8731-7F9331FDCD4C_w250_r0_s.jpg)
![The feathered cap is the same kind worn by William's mother, Princess Diana, during her 1991 visit to Pakistan.](https://gdb.rferl.org/C208C391-9100-47F8-99C1-38ECF9F4C492_w250_r0_s.jpg)
![The royal pair wait for dancing to begin at a settlement of the Kalash people in the Chitral District.](https://gdb.rferl.org/A2221114-9784-47A2-A280-7B07FA35A3A7_w250_r0_s.jpg)
![The duchess speaking to Kalash women in a village. The Kalash are a historically persecuted religious and cultural minority in Pakistan.](https://gdb.rferl.org/C7976710-7566-4655-ADBF-E58205083D59_w250_r0_s.jpg)
![While speaking with locals in the Kalash village, the royal pair met a young woman named after Prince William’s late mother. "Princess Diana was visiting at around the time [the woman] was born, which is why she got named Diana," a translator explained. "And now her son is [named] William.”](https://gdb.rferl.org/AA1618D5-7E5B-48BB-946F-3C5F0A5AD54E_w250_r0_s.jpg)
![Kalash youngsters gather for the royal visit on October 16.](https://gdb.rferl.org/0CA606F6-8413-4E1A-B200-CCF53EAD5AAA_w250_r0_s.jpg)
![Prince William steps out of a brightly decorated "tuk-tuk" on his arrival to a gathering in Islamabad, the Pakistani capital.](https://gdb.rferl.org/0EB18595-3F73-4633-AE3F-38B51994FE3E_w250_r0_s.jpg)
![Catherine being welcomed to Islamabad on October 14.](https://gdb.rferl.org/AEE52B21-C67F-4B3D-B5A6-E97F5F4C559B_w250_r0_s.jpg)
![Pakistani soldiers ahead of the royals’ visit to Islamabad. A British spokesman described the visit as “the most complex tour undertaken by the duke and duchess to date, given the logistical and security considerations.”](https://gdb.rferl.org/748BE15C-3E41-4CDB-8B7F-90AC63E1F4E9_w250_r0_s.jpg)
![William and Kate in the foothills of the Himalayas while visiting flood victims in the Chitral District.](https://gdb.rferl.org/448F1287-C2C8-4890-8ED6-037631656B9B_w250_r0_s.jpg)
![A glacier in Chitral visited by the royals. The glacier has retreated significantly in recent years due to climate change.](https://gdb.rferl.org/F3D136B0-6121-45CE-9587-1C7CEDB0D92B_w250_r0_s.jpg)
![The duke quipped that his geography teacher “would be well impressed that I'm back at a glacier after all these years.”](https://gdb.rferl.org/B5A6A8FC-A0E4-4102-A699-64BFC268016A_w250_r0_s.jpg)
![The duchess connects with a schoolboy in Islamabad.](https://gdb.rferl.org/4FA90A39-8CCA-453F-92D4-0E91A7F37465_w250_r0_s.jpg)
![Workers roll out a red carpet at the Badshahi Mosque in Lahore, ahead of the royal visit to the historic site on October 17.](https://gdb.rferl.org/442AA658-6E73-45E8-90B0-390FEF741709_w250_r0_s.jpg)
![Catherine, the duchess of Cambridge, plays cricket at the National Cricket Academy in Lahore on October 17.](https://gdb.rferl.org/6CDAE900-60BF-4114-B15D-4C5027E82808_w250_r0_s.jpg)
![The royal couple in an archway of the Badshani Mosque in Lahore on October 17.](https://gdb.rferl.org/97FD9E11-9911-4F92-8494-A8883C8D5DAC_w250_r0_s.jpg)
![The duchess inside the mosque. After Kate and William left the historic site, a Pakistani official told them, "If there’s one word to describe your visit, it is ‘joy.’ You have radiated joy wherever you have been.”](https://gdb.rferl.org/BE4BD372-0460-4BF2-82D8-24A2F78B7A86_w250_r0_s.jpg)
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