the G-20 summit meeting held on September 25, 2009 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

PITTSBURGH - SEPTEMBER 25: U.S. President Barack Obama speaks during a news conference following day two of the G-20 summit September 25, 2009 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. G-20 leaders said they will work to strengthen the global banking system and better align economic policies as they turned from crisis management to delivering a new set of rules for the world economy.


The spouses of the visiting G-20 leaders (top-L-R) wife of Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiv, unknown, Dr Pimpen Vejjajiva, wife of EU Commission Chairman Jose Manuel Barroso, Margarida Sousa Uva, wife of Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, Therese Rein, Filippa Reinfeldt, wife of Swedish Prime Minster Fredrik Reinfeldt, Laureen Harper of Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Sarah Brown, wife of British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Miyuki Hatoyama, wife of Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, wife of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Ban Soon Taek, unknown, unknown, (bottom-L-R) wife of Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, President of Spain, Sonsoles Zapatero, wife of South African President Jacob Zuma, Nompumelelo Ntuli, Kim Yoon-ok, First Lady of Korea, wife of Mexican President Felipe Calderon, Margarita Zavala, Brazil's first lady Marisa Leticia Lula da Silva First Lady Michelle Obama (6th-L-R), Ani Bambang Yudhoyono, wife of Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, French President Nicolas Sarkozy's wife Carla Bruni Sarkozy, wife of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, Svetlana Medvedev, wife of Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan, Emine Erdogan, and wife of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Gursharan Kaur pose at the Creative and Performing Arts School (CAPA) on September 25, 2009 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.



PITTSBURGH - SEPTEMBER 25: Police in riot gear line the route through downtown Pittsburgh as protesters march by near the site of the G-20 summit meeting held on September 25, 2009 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Protesters marched several miles from Pittsburgh's Oakland neighborhood to downtown arriving at a protest site near the convention center where the G-20 Summit is being held today.


PITTSBURGH - SEPTEMBER 25: Thousands hold signs and walk downtown as they rally against the G-20 Summit meeting on September 25, 2009 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Protesters marched several miles from Pittsburgh's Oakland neighborhood to downtown arriving at a protest site near the convention center where the G-20 Summit is being held today.


PITTSBURGH - SEPTEMBER 25: Anti-war protesters carry mock caskets through downtown where the G-20 Summit meeting is being held on September 25, 2009 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Protesters marched several miles from Pittsburgh's Oakland neighborhood to downtown arriving at a protest site near the convention center where the G-20 Summit is being held today.


PITTSBURGH - SEPTEMBER 25: Marchers walk across Pittsburgh's 7th Street Bridge from downtown during a march denouncing the nearby G-20 Summit meeting on September 25, 2009 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Protesters marched several miles from Pittsburgh's Oakland neighborhood to downtown arriving at a protest site near the convention center where the G-20 Summit is being held today.



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