Leaders of Group of Eight pose for photos Monday, July 7, 2008, prior to dinner at the Windsor Hotel Toya Resort and Spa in Toyako, <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Japan" class="mw-redirect" title="Japan">Japan</a>. From left are: Prime Minister <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Silvio_Berlusconi" title="Silvio Berlusconi">Silvio Berlusconi</a> of <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Italy" class="mw-redirect" title="Italy">Italy</a>; President <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Dmitry_Medvedev" title="Dmitry Medvedev">Dmitry Medvedev</a> of <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Russia" class="mw-redirect" title="Russia">Russia</a>; Chancellor <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Angela_Merkel" title="Angela Merkel">Angela Merkel</a> of <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Germany" class="mw-redirect" title="Germany">Germany</a>; Prime Minister <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Brown" title="Gordon Brown">Gordon Brown</a> of the <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a>; Japan's Prime Minister <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Yasuo_Fukuda" class="mw-redirect" title="Yasuo Fukuda">Yasuo Fukuda</a>; President <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">George W. Bush</a> of the <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/United_States_of_America" class="mw-redirect" title="United States of America">United States of America</a>; Prime Minister <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Harper" title="Stephen Harper">Stephen Harper</a> of <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a>; President <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Nicolas_Sarkozy" title="Nicolas Sarkozy">Nicolas Sarkozy</a> of <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/France" title="France">France</a>, and President <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Manuel_Barroso" class="mw-redirect" title="José Manuel Barroso">José Manuel Barroso</a> of the <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=European_Commission&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="European Commission (page does not exist)">European Commission</a>. In the background is <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tanabata" class="mw-redirect" title="Tanabata">tanabata</a> decoration.
White House photo by Eric Draper
2008-07-07
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