Boris Johnson will be Britain's next prime minister, but his years of stunts, gaffes and messy hair mean he's no stranger to global attention.
As US President Donald Trump told reporters this month, "He's a different kind of a guy."
From being stranded on a zip line as London mayor to tabloid allegations of infidelity, here are some of his most memorable moments on the world stage.
Riding on a 'Boris Bike' with Arnold Schwarzenegger
PHOTO: "Boris Bikes" were actually initiated by the previous London mayor.
Before he became foreign minister and a champion of Brexit, Mr Johnson was best known for the "Boris Bikes" that can be seen throughout central London.
The city wasn't the first in the world to introduce public bikes for hire, but that's what Mr Johnson was best known for achieving during his time as mayor between 2008-2016.
Mr Johnson's association with bikes came despite the fact that while they were brought in under him, the scheme was actually initiated by his predecessor as mayor, Labour's Ken Livingstone.
Mr Livingstone was also mayor in 2005 when London was awarded the 2012 Olympics, but it was his rival who revelled in the global spotlight during that event.
Which brings us to...
Getting stranded on a zip line during the London Olympics
VIDEO: Mr Johnson had to be helped down by officials.
It was meant to be a dramatic entry to an Olympics viewing party at a London park, with the mayor waving British flags as he raced along a 320-metre zip wire, but it ended awkwardly with him stuck halfway along.
"Can you get me a rope? Get me a rope, OK?" he called to the crowds below.
He was up there for a few minutes before officials pulled him along.
Then British prime minister David Cameron commented at the time:
"If any other politician anywhere in the world was stuck on a zipwire, it would be a disaster. For Boris, it's an absolute triumph."
Describing people from Papua New Guinea as 'c*annibals'
PHOTO: Mr Johnson has had plenty of gaffes on the diplomatic front. (Reuters: Alessandro Bianchi, file)
The former journalist made this comment in his Telegraph column in 2006 — and it's not the only time he's been under fire for offensive descriptions.
He called Mr Obama "part-Kenyan"; wrote a poem calling Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan "a terrific wankerer"; and said "bravo" in response to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's victory against Islamic State in Palmyra.
Just last year, he compared Muslim women wearing veils to "letter boxes".
And on the diplomatic front, while Mr Trump now calls Mr Johnson a friend, that wasn't always the case.
"The only reason I wouldn't go to some parts of New York is the real risk of meeting Donald Trump," Mr Johnson said after the then-Republican presidential nominee criticised Muslim immigration in London.
Mr Johnson also discussed international politics with a hoax caller pretending to be Armenia's prime minister and had to apologise after his "slip of the tongue" put a British-Iranian woman Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe in legal jeopardy in Iran.
Tackling a boy while playing rugby in Japan
PHOTO: Shouldn't have got in Mr Johnson's way... (Reuters: Issei Kato)
Mr Johnson was in the country on a trade mission in 2015 when he had a game of touch rugby with children in Tokyo.
Unfortunately for 10-year-old Toki Sekiguchi, he made the mistake of getting between the London mayor and the try line.
Thankfully, the photo makes it looks worse than it was: the child was bowled over, but was soon back up playing.
Mr Johnson had form in this regard. The year before, he'd tripped a nine-year-old while playing soccer at a park in London.
Being a*ccused of infidelity
PHOTO: This was the front page of The Sun on September 7, 2018. (The Sun)
As Europe bureau chief Samantha Hawley pointed out, Mr Johnson has a reputation as a serial philanderer.
According to Sonia Purnell, the author of Just Boris: A Tale of Blond Ambition, one of his affairs with an arts consultant resulted in a daughter born in 2009.
Mr Johnson and his wife Marina Wheeler separated after 25 years of marriage in 2018.
Last month, police were called to an address where Mr Johnson was living with his current girlfriend, 31-year-old Carrie Symonds, after a neighbour heard a loud altercation.
"There were no offences or concerns apparent to the officers and there was no cause for police action," police said in a statement.
Apart from personal indiscretions, Mr Johnson also faced court over claims of misconduct during the Brexit debate.
The allegation was that he had made misleading statements about the cost of Britain's membership in the European Union (a point the UK Statistics Authority had made to the Vote Leave campaign).