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Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson swims at Carbis Bay, Cornwalll. AFP
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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau welcomes German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the start of a G7 bilateral meeting. AP
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President Joe Biden with South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa. AP
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Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his wife Carrie Johnson, right, greet South Korea's President Moon Jae-in and South Korea's first lady Kim Jung-sook. AP
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Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson greets South Korea's President Moon Jae-in. AFP
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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson with US President Joe Biden and French President Emmanuel Macron, right, during the G7 summit. AP
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel and US President Joe Biden at the beginning of their meeting on the sidelines of the G7 summit. AFP
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US President Joe Biden and France's President Emmanuel Macron attend a bilateral meeting. Reuters
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Protestors attend an Extinction Rebellion demonstration in Falmouth, Cornwall. EPA
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Protestors attend an Extinction Rebellion demonstration in Falmouth, Cornwall. EPA
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Climate demonstrators march through the centre of Falmouth, Cornwall. Getty
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Climate demonstrators march through the centre of Falmouth, Cornwall. Getty
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A musician plays on the beach during a gathering of demonstrators outside of a meeting of G7 leaders. AP
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Oxfam activists wearing papier mache heads depicting G7 leaders. Reuters
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People ride kayaks and boards around a prop shark in a protest in Gyllyngvase beach, Falmouth. Reuters
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US First Lady Jill Biden meets veterans, first responders, and family members of Bude Surf Veterans, on the sidelines of the G7 summit, in Newlyn, Cornwall. Reuters
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Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson swims at Carbis Bay, Cornwalll. AFP
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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau welcomes German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the start of a G7 bilateral meeting. AP
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President Joe Biden with South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa. AP
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Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his wife Carrie Johnson, right, greet South Korea's President Moon Jae-in and South Korea's first lady Kim Jung-sook. AP
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Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson greets South Korea's President Moon Jae-in. AFP
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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson with US President Joe Biden and French President Emmanuel Macron, right, during the G7 summit. AP
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel and US President Joe Biden at the beginning of their meeting on the sidelines of the G7 summit. AFP
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US President Joe Biden and France's President Emmanuel Macron attend a bilateral meeting. Reuters
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Protestors attend an Extinction Rebellion demonstration in Falmouth, Cornwall. EPA
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Protestors attend an Extinction Rebellion demonstration in Falmouth, Cornwall. EPA
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Climate demonstrators march through the centre of Falmouth, Cornwall. Getty
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Climate demonstrators march through the centre of Falmouth, Cornwall. Getty
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A musician plays on the beach during a gathering of demonstrators outside of a meeting of G7 leaders. AP
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Oxfam activists wearing papier mache heads depicting G7 leaders. Reuters
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People ride kayaks and boards around a prop shark in a protest in Gyllyngvase beach, Falmouth. Reuters
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US First Lady Jill Biden meets veterans, first responders, and family members of Bude Surf Veterans, on the sidelines of the G7 summit, in Newlyn, Cornwall. Reuters
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Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson swims at Carbis Bay, Cornwalll. AFP
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