Israel's next president posed for a selfie with a rival candidate in the country's parliament Tuesday before he was elected to replace Shimon Peres in the largely ceremonial post.
Reuven Rivlin, pictured second-right, is a right-wing legislator opposed to the creation of a Palestinian state and a member of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party. He has a reputation for political independence and has had a rocky personal relationship with the Israeli leader.
A former speaker of parliament, Rivlin defeated Meir Sheetrit of the moderate Hatnuah party by a vote of 63-53 in a run-off in the legislature, after none of the original five candidates won an outright victory in a first round ballot.