G-20 Class Photo

Here is the ultimate group photo of world leaders gathered at the G-20 summit:

(First row from L to R) South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud, China's President Hu Jintao, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Mexican President Felipe Calderon, Argentine President Cristina Kirchner and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev

(Second row from L to R) Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, Prime Minister of Canada Stephen Harper, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Spain's Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende, South African President Kgalema Motlanthe, US President Barack Obama, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, European Commission chief Jose Manuel Barroso and Prime Minister of Ethiopia Meles Zenawi (Third row from L to R) IMF Director General Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Secretary General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon, Director General of the World Trade Organisation Pascal Lamy, Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, Czech premier Mirek Topolanek, Governor of the Bank of Italy Mario Draghi and World Bank president Robert Zoellick.

Comments

[swimviking]

wow! Berlusconi is the tallest!

[FairTalk]

Unthinkable a hundred years ago!

[batmanindy]

I am glad they invited Miss Argentina. Wow -- she is striking.

[Tulu]

Fleecing the G-20

A disgrace for the G-20, while hugging a genocide Committer. Read:


http://abbaymedia.com/News/?p=2312

[njb444]

any link to a high res picture?

[sshaler]

What a sad and telling photo. While 10s of thousands for people congregated outside in London to protest the economic situation, this group of world leaders by-passed a golden opportunity to go outside and welcome them. Amazing and paradigm shifting events could have taken place if the leaders had the ability to join the people. The leaders are maintaining and consolidating their separation from the public. Nothing new there.

[livesimply]

There's a huge safety issue you may want to think about.

[sshaler]

I've thought a lot about the safety issue. All of those leaders stand a chance of getting hurt within their current MO. I believe it's the separation of the elites from the public that's causing most of the violence at all levels. There's a massive amount of violence as a result of the way we do things now so why not try new approaches such as reaching out to people who care enough about the world situation to organize and show up? I've been part of many rallies and marches and have found them to be safe and humane. The leaders have a chance to bring out the best or the worst in the public.

[hubblee]

Must say, at first glance all I noticed was the Prez' pearly whites.

[crzy]

Where's Waldo?