US Senator Lindsey Graham dies at 71 - in pictures

  • US Republican ⁠Senator Lindsey ​Graham has died at the age of 71 after a brief ⁠and sudden ​illness. Reuters
    US Republican ⁠Senator Lindsey ​Graham has died at the age of 71 after a brief ⁠and sudden ​illness. Reuters
  • UAE President Sheikh Mohamed meets Mr Graham in Abu Dhabi, in February 2026. Wam
    UAE President Sheikh Mohamed meets Mr Graham in Abu Dhabi, in February 2026. Wam
  • Mr Graham meets Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv, amid Russia's war on Ukraine, in May 2025. Reuters
    Mr Graham meets Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv, amid Russia's war on Ukraine, in May 2025. Reuters
  • With Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US ambassador to Israel David Friedman, in the border region between Israel and Syria, in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, in 2019. Reuters
    With Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US ambassador to Israel David Friedman, in the border region between Israel and Syria, in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, in 2019. Reuters
  • Mr Graham addresses a news conference in Washington, in 2013, after the reported arrest of Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, the son-in-law of Osama Bin Laden, who was taken into custody in the Middle East and was allegedly being held in New York. AFP
    Mr Graham addresses a news conference in Washington, in 2013, after the reported arrest of Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, the son-in-law of Osama Bin Laden, who was taken into custody in the Middle East and was allegedly being held in New York. AFP
  • Nouri Al Maliki, Iraq's prime minister at the time, meets, from left, US ambassador to Baghdad Zalmay Khalizad, and US senators John Thune, Lindsey Graham, Susan Collins, Joseph Lieberman and John McCain, in Baghdad, 2006. AFP
    Nouri Al Maliki, Iraq's prime minister at the time, meets, from left, US ambassador to Baghdad Zalmay Khalizad, and US senators John Thune, Lindsey Graham, Susan Collins, Joseph Lieberman and John McCain, in Baghdad, 2006. AFP
  • The late US senator John McCain and Mr Graham during a hearing on Capitol Hill, in 2006. AFP
    The late US senator John McCain and Mr Graham during a hearing on Capitol Hill, in 2006. AFP
  • Mr Graham with Donald Trump, now US President, and, from left, actor Leslie Odom Jr, Tuskegee airmen Dr Roscoe Brown, Wilfred Difore, Floyd Carter and Dabney Ian Montgomery, and actor Michael B Jordan, during the NFL And Red Tails' Salute To The Tuskegee Airmen On Veterans' Day Weekend, in New Jersey, 2011. AFP
    Mr Graham with Donald Trump, now US President, and, from left, actor Leslie Odom Jr, Tuskegee airmen Dr Roscoe Brown, Wilfred Difore, Floyd Carter and Dabney Ian Montgomery, and actor Michael B Jordan, during the NFL And Red Tails' Salute To The Tuskegee Airmen On Veterans' Day Weekend, in New Jersey, 2011. AFP
  • Mr Graham during a hearing on gun control in Washington, in 2013, months after the mass shooting at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. AFP
    Mr Graham during a hearing on gun control in Washington, in 2013, months after the mass shooting at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. AFP
  • Alongside George W Bush, US president at the time, in 2007. AFP
    Alongside George W Bush, US president at the time, in 2007. AFP
  • Mr Graham, right, with senator Joseph Biden, who would go on to become US president, and Lee Ewing editor of Aerospace Daily, in 2004. AFP
    Mr Graham, right, with senator Joseph Biden, who would go on to become US president, and Lee Ewing editor of Aerospace Daily, in 2004. AFP
  • Mr Graham, at the time a US representative, talks to reporters after a meeting of the the 'House Managers', members of the House Judiciary Committe who would serve as prosecutors in the impeachment trial against US president Bill Clinton to be held in the US Senate in early January 1999. AFP
    Mr Graham, at the time a US representative, talks to reporters after a meeting of the the 'House Managers', members of the House Judiciary Committe who would serve as prosecutors in the impeachment trial against US president Bill Clinton to be held in the US Senate in early January 1999. AFP