World leaders address the UN on Thursday - in pictures

UN General Assembly 2018:

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

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  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. EPA

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

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

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  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

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

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

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  President of Spain Pedro Sanchez Perez-Castejon. EPA

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  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

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  Serbia's Prime Minister Ana Brnabic. REUTERS

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  Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina. EPA

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

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  Spain's President Pedro Sanchez. AFP

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  Costa Rican Vice President Epsy Campbell Barr. REUTERS

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  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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