Jimmy Carter – a life in pictures

Jimmy Carter aged seven in Plains, Georgia, in 1932.

Jimmy Carter with his pet dog, Bozo, in 1937.

Carter, then a presidential candidate, at a Valentine’s Day fundraiser with his wife Rosalynn at the Royal Coach Inn, Atlanta, in February 1976.

Something for the weekend: Carter gets a trim.

Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter wave to delegates at the Democratic national convention in 1976, where Carter was nominated to run for president.

As Governor of Georgia, Jimmy Carter joins the rockettes at radio City Music Hall in New York in 1973 to promote the film industry in his home state.

20 January 1977: Carter shares the presidential limousine ride to Capitol Hill for the inauguration with Gerald Ford, who Carter beat in the November election, Senator Howard Cannon, and Ford’s old friend Tip O’Neill, the speaker of the House

Carter, with his wife Rosalynn and daughter Amy, waves to the crowd on Pennsylvania Avenue en route from the Capitol to the White House.

The newly inaugurated president and first lady greet supporters at the Inaugural Ball.

Carter, Egyptian president Anwar Sadat and Israeli PM Menachem Begin join hands at the White House in September 1978 after the Camp David accords.

Carter hosts the Rev Jessie Jackson in the Oval Office, August 1979.

Pope John Paul II visits Carter and his family at the White House to present them with a silver relief plaque mounted on wood, October 1979.

Carter with an emotional daughter Amy and wife Rosalynn, after Ronald Reagan is inaugurated as president, January 1981.

Five presidents at the Reagan Library opening in Simi Valley, California, in November 1991: incumbent George HW Bush with Reagan, Carter, Gerald Ford, and Richard Nixon. It was the first time five presidents had been together in one place

Carter and his wife Rosalynn work on a Habitat for Humanity building project in LaGrange, Georgia, June 2003. The Carters became involved in the charity in the 1980s.

Carter receives a standing ovation at Saint Genevieve high school in Panorama City, California, in October 2010.

Jimmy Carter photographed at home in Plains, Georgia, in 2011.

Carter signs the guest book at the end of his visit to the Cuban Jewish Community centre in Havana, March 2011. Carter launched a three-day mission in Cuba aimed at easing tensions with Havana.

The Carters arrive at the US Capitol in January 2017 for Donald Trump’s inauguration as America’s 45th president.

Carter at his home in Plains, Georgia, following a morning church service at Maranatha Baptist church. Carter was born in Plains and stayed in the town following his presidency. The painting on the right was also Carter’s work.

Carter and Rosalynn in Plains, Georgia.