The leaders of the world’s industrialized nations gather in Italy for their annual summit
Welcome to Italy
G8 host, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi greets U.S. President Barack Obama on the first day of the three-day conference.Stephane De Sakutin / AFP / Getty
Starstruck
Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, wife of France's President Nicolas Sarkozy, leaves the San Salvador Hospital in L'Aquila.REuters
Protest
Demonstrators gathered in Rome on the day before the summit began to draw attention to various causes.Marco Longari / AFP / Getty
Police
The protests in Rome resulted in 40 arrests.Christophe Simon / AFP / Getty
Inflated Heads
Oxfam activists wear masks of Berlusconi and Medvedev at an choreographed protest in Rome.Riccardo De Luca / AP
Shooters
Photographers focus on an exchange between Presidents Obama and Sarkozy.Michel Euler / AP
Check it Out
Obama and Sarkozy enjoy a laugh.Jason Reed / Reuters
Head On
President Obama takes his seat before a round table session.Jason Reed / REuters
The First Lady
Michelle Obama speaks with Nompumelelo Mantuli (wearing a black hat), the wife of South African President Jacob Zuma. While their husbands met, the wives of the world leaders took a tour of the Capitoline Museums in Rome.Domenico Stinellis / AP
Drinks
Obama and Berlusconi give each other a thumbs-up at the meeting in L'Aquila.Charles Dharapak / AP
The Russians are Coming
Russian President Dmitri Medvedev and his team arrive at the summit, held in L'Aquila.Mikhail Klimentyev / RIA-Novosti / AP
Wheels
Electric cars used by members of the G8 world leaders are lined up for a "family photo" on the third day of the summit.Oli Scarff / Getty
Welcome
Group of Eight and Group of Five leaders applaud as U.S. President Barack Obama, front, arrives for a group photo.Michael Gottschalk / AP
Places, Please
An aide removes a place marker from beneath the feet of Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Waiting beside him are: Japan's Prime Minister Taro Aso, President Obama, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Berlusconi.Jason Reed / Reuters
The Three Statesmen
Sarkozy, Medvedev and Berlusconi speak with one another.Philip Wojazer / AFP / Getty
Ruin
Berlusconi and Obama survey a government building destroyed by the April 2009 earthquake.SAUL LOEB / AFP / Getty
Fresh Face
Libya's leader Muammar Qadaffi leaves the final meeting escorted by bodyguards.Tony Gentile / Reuters
Hello Down There
German Chancellor Angela Merkel chats with French President Nicolas Sarkozy from a riser used during the making of the group photo.Oli Scarff / Getty
