Toddler captures the moment

She might only be three years old but Georgina Aquilina still managed to immortalise the moment Pope BenedictXVI touched her baby brother's head with the precision of a professional photographer.

And it seems she only wanted to get the pontiff in the photo because she covered everything else with her chubby little finger that hid a good part of the lens.

The tiny tot's concentration was clearly visible in the photo that appeared on the wrap-around cover of yesterday's The Times as she snapped the Pope blessing six-month-old Timmy, just before the start of the papal Mass in Floriana.

Georgina's interest in photography goes back two weeks, when she received a toy camera for her birthday on Easter Sunday.

But although she carried her camera to the Granaries with her for Sunday's Mass, she ended up with a flat battery.

"She was very disappointed because she was very keen to take a photo of the Pope," her mother, Katrina, said.

So she handed Georgina her own camera as the family waited for the pontiff to walk past on his way to say Mass. And although she had never used the camera before, Georgina managed to capture the moment. As the Pope stopped to bless her brother, the toddler looked with intense concentration at the camera's screen...and squeezed.

Ms Aquilina said her daughter was extremely excited, even though she had seen the Pope passing through Mosta the day before.

Now she wants to see him again...and no doubt she will bring back another super picture to treasure.