World leaders convene in Brisbane for the G20 Summit amid protests
World leaders gather in Brisbane, Australia for the annual G20 Summit and are expected to discuss economic growth, free trade and climate change as well as pressing issues including the situation in Ukraine and the Ebola crisis.
- Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron stands in front of the Roll of Honor during a visit to the Australian War Memorial in Canberra on November 14, 2014. Cameron is in Australia to attend the G20 Summit in Brisbane on November 15-16. (David Gray/AFP/Getty Images)
- Demonstrators protest in the Brisbane CBD over indigenous land rights ahead of the G20 Leader’s Summit on November 10, 2014 in Brisbane, Australia. The G20 summit will be held November 15 – 16. (Glenn Hunt/Getty Images)
- Protesters, wearing masks depicting G20 leaders, and dressed as Australian surf lifesavers call for global equality among nations outside the venue site of the annual G20 leaders summit in Brisbane, November 14, 2014. Leaders of the top 20 industrialized nations will gather in Brisbane November 15-16 for their annual G20 summit. The leaders depicted are (front row, L-R), U.S. President Barack Obama, Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel, British Prime Minister David Cameron, (back row, L-R), Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott, South African President Jacob Zuma, China’s President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Jason Reed/Reuters)
- A demonstrator raises his shackled hands during a protest the deaths of indigenous Australians while in custody on November 14, 2014 in Brisbane, Australia. World leaders have gathered in Brisbane for the annual G20 Summit and are expected to discuss economic growth, free trade and climate change as well as pressing issues including the situation in Ukraine and the Ebola crisis. (Glenn Hunt/Getty Images)
- Anonymous activists meet in inner Brisbane wearing Guy Fawkes masks, an item that has been banned during the G20 Summit, ahead of the Peoples’ March on November 14, 2014 in Brisbane, Australia. The Peoples’ March is expected to be one of the largest protests during the summit. World leaders have gathered in Brisbane for the annual G20 Summit and are expected to discuss economic growth, free trade and climate change as well as pressing issues including the situation in Ukraine and the Ebola crisis. (Glenn Hunt/Getty Images)
- A cyclist looks at a giant security fence surrounding the Southbank precinct where the G20 Summit will be held in Brisbane on November 14, 2014. Australia hosts the leaders of the world’s 20 biggest economies for the G20 summit in Brisbane on November 15 and 16. (William West/AFP/Getty Images)
- Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron (2nd L) inspects the Federation Guard during a ceremonial welcome at Parliament House in Canberra on November 14, 2014. Cameron is in Australia to attend the G20 Summit in Brisbane on November 15-16. (Mark Graham/AFP/Getty Images)
- Mexico’s President Enrique Pena Nieto and First Lady Angelica Rivera Hurtado arrive at G20 Terminal on November 14, 2014 in Brisbane, Australia. World leaders have gathered in Brisbane for the annual G20 Summit and are expected to discuss economic growth, free trade and climate change as well as pressing issues including the situation in Ukraine and the Ebola crisis. (Patrick Hamilton/G20 Australia via Getty Images)
- A construction worker has his picture taken in front of a banner with the G20 leaders at Brisbane airport on November 12, 2014 in Brisbane, Australia. World economic leaders will travel to Brisbane for the G20 Leadership Summit November 15-16. (Daniel Munoz/Getty Images)
- A plane carrying South Korean President Park Geun-hye arrives at Brisbane Airport for the G20 Leader’s Summit on November 14, 2014. The G20 Leader’s Summit being hosted by Australia in Brisbane will be held from November 15-16. (Greg Wood/AFP/Getty Images)
- A lone protester sits outside Brisbane’s City Hall as Turkey’s Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu delivers a speech during the G20 Leader’s Summit in Brisbane on November 14, 2014. The G20 Leader’s Summit being hosted by Australia in Brisbane will be held from November 15-16. (William West/AFP/Getty Images)
- Demonstrators protest in the Brisbane CBD over climate change, uranium mining, coal seam gas fracking and traditional land rights ahead of the 2014 G20 Leaders Summit on November 11, 2014 in Brisbane, Australia. International leaders will descend on Brisbane for the annual G20 summit November 15-16. (Glenn Hunt/Getty Images)
- Demonstrators gather to protest the deaths of indigenous Australians while in custody on November 14, 2014 in Brisbane, Australia. World leaders have gathered in Brisbane for the annual G20 Summit and are expected to discuss economic growth, free trade and climate change as well as pressing issues including the situation in Ukraine and the Ebola crisis. (Glenn Hunt/Getty Images)
- Demonstrators gather to protest the deaths of indigenous Australians while in custody on November 14, 2014 in Brisbane, Australia. World leaders have gathered in Brisbane for the annual G20 Summit and are expected to discuss economic growth, free trade and climate change as well as pressing issues including the situation in Ukraine and the Ebola crisis. (Glenn Hunt/Getty Images)
- Demonstrators gather to protest the deaths of indigenous Australians while in custody on November 14, 2014 in Brisbane, Australia. World leaders have gathered in Brisbane for the annual G20 Summit and are expected to discuss economic growth, free trade and climate change as well as pressing issues including the situation in Ukraine and the Ebola crisis. (Glenn Hunt/Getty Images)
- Demonstrators gather to protest the deaths of indigenous Australians while in custody on November 14, 2014 in Brisbane, Australia. World leaders have gathered in Brisbane for the annual G20 Summit and are expected to discuss economic growth, free trade and climate change as well as pressing issues including the situation in Ukraine and the Ebola crisis. (Glenn Hunt/Getty Images)
- Anonymous activists meet in inner Brisbane wearing Guy Fawkes masks, an item that has been banned during the G20 Summit, ahead of the Peoples’ March on November 14, 2014 in Brisbane, Australia. The Peoples’ March is expected to be one of the largest protests during the summit. World leaders have gathered in Brisbane for the annual G20 Summit and are expected to discuss economic growth, free trade and climate change as well as pressing issues including the situation in Ukraine and the Ebola crisis. (Glenn Hunt/Getty Images)
- British Prime Minister David Cameron (L) walks along the Roll of Honor in the cloisters with the Australian Minister for Defense David Johnston (2nd L), Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott, Brendan Nelson, Director of the Australian War Memorial (2nd R) and Memorial Chairman Rear Admiral Ken Doolan (R) at the Australian War Memorial on November 14, 2014 in Canberra, Australia. British Prime Minister David Cameron is attending meeting and events in Sydney and Canberra before traveling to the G20 Summit in Brisbane later today. (Rick Rycroft- Pool/Getty Images)
- The door closes on a bilateral meeting between British Prime Minister David Cameron and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibitions Centre (BCEC) on November 14, 2014 in Brisbane Australia. World leaders have gathered in Brisbane for the annual G20 Summit and are expected to discuss economic growth, free trade and climate change as well as pressing issues including the situation in Ukraine and the Ebola crisis. (Lukas Coch-Pool/Getty Images)
- World Trade Organization Director General Dr Roberto Azevedo speaks at a G20 Press Conference at the Main Press Centre on November 14, 2014 in Brisbane, Australia. World leaders have gathered in Brisbane for the annual G20 Summit and are expected to discuss economic growth, free trade and climate change as well as pressing issues including the situation in Ukraine and the Ebola crisis. (Paul Mathews/G20 Australia via Getty Images)
- Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott (Rear, C) addresses the B20 meeting ahead of the G20 leaders summit on November 14, 2014 in Brisbane Australia. World leaders have gathered in Brisbane for the annual G20 Summit and are expected to discuss economic growth, free trade and climate change as well as pressing issues including the situation in Ukraine and the Ebola crisis. (Jason Reed-Pool/Getty Images)
- Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron (3rd R-in background) stands after laying a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier during his visit to the Australian War Memorial in Canberra on November 14, 2014. Cameron is in Australia to attend the G20 Summit in Brisbane on November 15-16. (David Gray/AFP/Getty Images)
- Russia’s President Vladimir Putin (C) arrives at the airport in Brisbane to take part in the G20 summit on November 14, 2014. Australia hosts the leaders of the world’s 20 biggest economies for the G20 summit in Brisbane on November 15 and 16. (Peter Parks/AFP/Getty Images)
- Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel (C) is welcomed upon her arrival at the airport in Brisbane to take part in the G20 summit on November 14, 2014. Australia hosts the leaders of the world’s 20 biggest economies for the G20 summit in Brisbane on November 15 and 16. (Peter Parks/AFP/Getty Images)
- A group of around 400 demonstrators participate in a protest by burying their heads in the sand at Sydney’s Bondi Beach November 13, 2014. Hundreds of protesters participated in the event, held ahead of Saturday’s G20 summit in Brisbane, which was being promoted as a message to Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbottís government that, “You have your head in the sand on climate change”. (David Gray/Reuters)
- A protester, wearing a mask depicting Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott, and dressed as a surf lifesaver calls for global equality among nations among other protesters outside the venue site of the annual G20 leaders summit in Brisbane, November 14, 2014. Leaders of the top 20 industrialized nations will gather in Brisbane November 15-16 for their annual G20 summit. (Jason Reed/Reuters)
- Paprika Summers holds a banner as she protests for human rights for Australia’s Aboriginal community near the venue of the annual G20 leaders summit in Brisbane, November 14, 2014. Leaders of the top 20 industrialized nations will gather in Brisbane November 15-16 for their annual G20 summit. (Jason Reed/Reuters)