The Obama Diary

(1) President Obama plays with Ella Harper Rhodes, daughter of Ben Rhodes, Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications, during an Oval Office drop by (Photo by Pete Souza)

(2) First Lady Michelle Obama and Mrs. Agnese Landini, wife of Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, tour the Mirror Room in Italian Pavilion at the Milan Expo (Photo by Amanda Lucidon)

(3) President Obama shows Soleil Malveaux Jean-Pierre a floral arrangement in the Blue Room of the White House prior to a reception to observe LGBT Pride Month in the East Room (Photo by Pete Souza)

(4) President Obama meets with President Putin prior to the opening session of the Group of 20 leaders summit in Antalya, Turkey (Photo by Pete Souza)

(5) The President talks with a refugee at the Dignity for Children Foundation in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (Photo by Pete Souza)

(6) President Obama watches the sun set over Manila Bay in the Philippines (Photo by Pete Souza)

(7) President Obama kisses Vice President Biden after delivering the eulogy during funeral services for Biden’s son, Beau at St. Anthony of Padua Church in Wilmington, Del. (Photo by Kevin Lamarque/AP)

(8) President Obama hugs a 16-year-old refugee while participating in a discussion at the Dignity for Children Foundation in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (Photo by Pete Souza)

(9) President Obama reacts as he is told of the Supreme Court Decision on the Affordable Care Act (Photo by Pete Souza)

(10) President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama host a group of Girl Scouts from across the country for a campout on the South Lawn of the White House (Photo by Chip Somodevilla)

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(1) The President and First Lady with their alma mater t-shirts on College Signing Day (Photo by Pete Souza)

(2) President Obama greets World War II veteran, 107-yr-old retired Army Lt Col Luta Mae Cornelius McGrath at Arlington on Memorial Day (Photo by Pete Souza)

(3) President Obama walks through an honor cordon before the United States Coast Guard Academy commencement in New London, Conn.(Photo by Pete Souza)

(4) President Barack Obama and Ensign Robert H McConnell strike the Charlie’s Angels pose at Commencement Exercises of the US Coast Guard Academy (Photo by Pete Souza)

(5) President Obama visits the Shrine of Our Lady of Charity in Miami to pay respects to the Cuban-American diaspora (Photo by Al Diaz/Miami Herald)

(6) President Obama boards Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base for a trip to Camden, NJ (Photo by Doug Mills)

(7) President Obama at the Ray & Joan Kroc Corps Community Center in Camden, New Jersey (Photo by Doug Mills)

(8) @FLOTUS: These @TuskegeeUniv alums met Eleanor Roosevelt during her historic visit in 1941 to fly with the #TuskegeeAirmen (before the Tuskegee University Commencement ceremony in Tuskegee, Ala.)

(9) The President colors in South Dakota, his 50th state visited, on a map for the White House advance office backstage in Watertown (Photo by Pete Souza)

(10) First Lady Michelle Obama greets alum and Selma civil rights leader, Dr. Amelia Boynton Robinson, age 103 and Latifya Mohammed before the Tuskegee University Commencement ceremony in Tuskegee, Ala. (Photo by Chuck Kennedy)

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(1) President Obama poses with Usain Bolt backstage following a “Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative” town hall at the University of the West Indies in Kingston, Jamaica (Photo by Pete Souza)

(2) President Obama’s wave aligns with a rainbow as he boards Air Force One at Norman Manley International Airport prior to departure from Kingston, Jamaica (Photo by Pete Souza)

(3) President Barack Obama delivers remarks with the help of Luther, his anger translator (Keegan-Michael Key) during the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Lawrence Jackson)

(4) President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama pose for photos at the Instagram #GimmeFive photo booth in the East Room of the White House during the annual Easter Egg Roll (Photo by Pete Souza)

(5) President Obama gets a tour of the Bob Marley Museum from staff member Natasha Clark in Kingston, Jamaica (Photo by Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)

(6) First Lady Michelle Obama reaches out to hug a child attending the annual “Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day” event in the East Room of the White House (Photo by Lawrence Jackson)

(7) President Obama shakes hands with Cuba’s President Raul Castro at the Summit of the Americas in Panama City - it was the first face-to-face discussion between the leaders of the two countries in a half-century (Photo by Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)

(8) President Obama greets children following the eighth annual Wounded Warrior Project’s Soldier Ride on the South Lawn of the White House (Photo by Pete Souza)

(9) President Obama, in the Rose Garden, signing the so-called doc-fix bill, which permanently ended automatic Medicare payment cuts to doctors (Photo by Zach Gibson/The New York Times)

(10) President Obama holds a baby during a U.S. Embassy meet and greet in Kingston, Jamaica (Photo by Pete Souza)

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(1) President Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama and the First Family are joined by former President George W. Bush, former First Lady Laura Bush, Rep. John Lewis, former foot soldiers and other dignitaries in marching across the Edmund Pettus Bridge to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of Bloody Sunday and the Selma to Montgomery civil rights marches, at the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Ala. (Photo by Pete Souza)

(2) First Lady Michelle Obama snuggles against President Barack Obama before a videotaping for the 2015 World Expo, in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House (Photo by Amanda Lucidon)

(3) President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama hold hands as they listen to Rep. John Lewis during an event to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of Bloody Sunday and the Selma to Montgomery civil rights marches (Photo by Pete Souza)

(4) A man says “I love you�? in sign language as President Obama replies with the sign for “thank you�? while greeting a crowd in Phoenix (Photo by Jacquelyn Martin/AP)

(5) President Obama hugs Rep. John Lewis after his introduction during the event to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of Bloody Sunday and the Selma to Montgomery civil rights marches (Photo by Pete Souza)

(6) President Obama greets audience members following remarks on the economy at Lawson State Community College in Birmingham, Ala. (Photo by Pete Souza)

(7) President Obama greets former foot soldier Amelia Boynton Robinson, 103 years old, backstage before an event to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of Bloody Sunday and the Selma to Montgomery civil rights marches (Photo by Pete Souza)

(8) First Lady Michelle Obama hugs Manaka Hirose after playing the Taiko with the Akutagawa high school Taiko (Japanese traditional drum) Club at the Fushimi Inari shrine in Kyoto (Photo: EPA)

(9) The President points towards the Edmund Pettus Bridge during his speech commemorating the 50th Anniversary of Bloody Sunday and the Selma to Montgomery civil rights marches,(Photo by Pete Souza)

(10) President Obama shakes hands with a group of six-year-old Girls Scouts from Tulsa, Oklahoma who designed a battery powered page turner to help people who are paralyzed or have arthritis at the 2015 White House Science Fair (Photo by Aude Guerrucci-Pool/Getty Images)

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(1) First Lady Michelle Obama and Meryl Streep participate in a photo shoot for MORE magazine in the Blue Room of the White House (Photo by Amanda Lucidon)

(2) President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama listen to the DC Youth Orchestra in the Diplomatic Reception Room prior to a reception celebrating Black History Month in the East Room of the White House (Photo by Pete Souza)

(3) President Obama smiles as outgoing Attorney General Eric Holder bows to singer Aretha Franklin as she arrives in a surprise appearance to sing at an event celebrating Holder at the Department of Justice in Washington (Photo by Jacquelyn Martin/AP Photo)

(4) President Obama meets with Dr Clarence B. Jones, Visiting Professor at the University of San Francisco and Scholar Writer in Residence for the Martin Luther King, Jr. Research & Education Institute, in the Oval Office. Dr. Jones worked with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on the “I Have a Dream” speech (Photo by Pete Souza)

(5) President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama participate in a “Let’s Move!” #GimmeFive Campaign video taping in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House (Photo by Amanda Lucidon)

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(1) President Obama with Akira Cooper at the Community Children’s Center in Lawrence, Kan. (Photo by Doug Mills)

(2) President Obama greets a young girl who was the guest of Nobel Peace Prize winner Kailash Satyarthi, background, during a greet with the First Lady in New Delhi (Photo by Pete Souza)

(3) President Obama greets 103-year-old Civil Rights legend Amelia Boynton Robinson with Rep. Terri Sewell at the U.S. Capitol before delivering the State of the Union address (Photo by Pete Souza)

(4) President Obama hugs Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg as he arrives to deliver the State of the Union address (Photo by Mandel Ngan-Pool/Getty Images)

(5) President Obama scatters rose petals at Raj Ghat, Mahatma Gandhi Memorial, in New Delhi (Photo by Carolyn Kaster AP Photo)

(6) First Lady Michelle Obama participates in a literacy project at the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Washington in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day (Photo by Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images)

(7) President Obama has his photo taken with staff at Baltimore’s Charmington’s Cafe (@brandon_weigel)

(8) President Obama meets with former Rep. Gabby Giffords and her husband Mark Kelly in Phoenix on the fourth anniversary of the shooting that left Giffords gravely wounded (Photo by Pete Souza)

(9) President Obama surprises a woman as she walks to her house in Phoenix (Photo by Doug Mills/The New York Times)

(10) President Obama with Akira Cooper at the Community Children’s Center in Lawrence, Kan. (Photo by Pete Souza)

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Panic not if we miss a gem from any month, we’ll have a wildcard selection at the end to cover our asses 😕