World leaders address the UN on Thursday - in pictures

UN General Assembly 2018:

Bhutan's Acting Head of Government Lyonpo Tshering Wangchuk speaks during the General Debate of the 73rd session of the General Assembly. AFP

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. EPA

United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres (R) meets Greece's Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. AFP

United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres (R) meets with Yemen President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi. AFP

France's Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian (R) meets with Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov during a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly. AFP

Ivorian Vice-President Daniel Kablan Duncan addresses the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly. REUTERS

China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi signs a book during a meeting with the United Nations Secretary General. AFP

President of Spain Pedro Sanchez Perez-Castejon. EPA

Wang Yi, left, State Councillor and Minister for Foreign Affairs, People's Republic of China, is greeted by U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres. The United Nations via AP

Serbia's Prime Minister Ana Brnabic. REUTERS

Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina. EPA

President of Venezuela Nicolas Maduro (L) shakes hands with United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres. / AFP

Spain's President Pedro Sanchez. AFP

Costa Rican Vice President Epsy Campbell Barr. REUTERS

Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov (L) reacts during a UN Security Council meeting on the sidelines of the 73rd session of the General Assembly. EPA

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