Journalism of Courage
World leaders walked down a red carpeted ramp at Rio’s stunning bayside museum of modern art to the group photo set-up. (Leah Millis via AP, Pool)
US president Joe Biden stood between Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi after missing the first official photograph of the summit (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi met his Canadian counterpart Justin Trudeau at the G20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil amid strained relations between the two countries. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
America’s spot and that of Chinese President Xi Jinping was equidistant from their host, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
They took to a stage, chatted and joked as they gathered to pose against the backdrop of the Brazilian city’s iconic Sugarloaf Mountain. The snap was over in a second. (Leah Millis via AP, Pool)
Biden; the Canadian prime minister, Justin Trudeau; and the Italian prime minister, Giorgia Meloni all missed the photo on Monday due to what US officials called “logistical issues”. (Leah Millis via AP, Pool)
The Russian foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov – attending in place of Vladimir Putin, who faces an international criminal court warrant over the war in Ukraine – was in the photo on Monday but not on Tuesday. (Leah Millis via AP, Pool)
