Future Investment Initiative summit opens in Saudi Arabia - in pictures

Global leaders have converged in Riyadh for the event

Saudi oil minister Khalid al-Falih arrives to attend the Future Investment Initiative conference in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on October 24, 2017. Faisal Al Nasser / Reuters

Managing director of the International Monetary Fund Christine Lagarde, centre, looks at the president and CEO of the Saudi Aramco Amin Nasser, right, during the Future Investment Initiative (FII) conference in Riyadh, on October 24, 2017. The head of oil giant Saudi Aramco said that a lack of recent investments in the oil sector could lead to a shortage of supplies. Fayez Nureldine / AFP

Participants attend the Future Investment Initiative conference in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Hamad I Mohammed / Reuters

Managing director of the International Monetary Fund Christine Lagarde, centre, takes part in a panel discussion during the Future Investment Initiative (FII) conference in Riyadh, on October 24, 2017. Fayez Nureldine / AFP

Amin Nasser, president and chief executive of Aramco arrives to the Future Investment Initiative conference in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on October 24, 2017. Hamad I Mohammed / Reuters

A man walks past a sign at the Future Investment Initiative conference in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on October 24, 2017. Hamad I Mohammed / Reuters

People attend the Future Investment Initiative (FII) conference in Riyadh, on October 24, 2017. The head of oil giant Saudi Aramco said that a lack of recent investments in the oil sector could lead to a shortage of supplies. Fayez Nureldine / AFP

People attend the Future Investment Initiative conference in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on October 24, 2017. Faisal Al Nasser / Reuters

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