G20 summit in Cannes – in pictures

Horsemen of the Republican Guard await the arrival of G20 members in Cannes Photograph: Christophe Karaba/EPA

The German chancellor, Angela Merkel, arrives at the Eurozone meeting Photograph: Vincent Damourette/EPA

The French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, left, talks to the foreign minister, Alain Juppe, and the finance minister, Francois Baroin, as they wait for the arrival of Barack Obama Photograph: Lionel Bonaventure/AFP/Getty Images

The British actor Bill Nighy is surrounded by activists dressed as nurses during a protest by global unions against the G20 summit in Cannes Photograph: Michel Spingler/AP

Sarkozy and the US president, Barack Obama, arrive at the G20 venue for a bilateral meeting before the summit Photograph: Philippe Wojazer/Reuters

Demonstrators hold a banner reading: 'People first, finance after' during a protest in Cap d'Ail Photograph: Boris Horvat/AFP/Getty Images

Obama leaves a joint press conference with Sarkozy after their meeting Photograph: Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images

The Chinese president, Hu Jintao, arrives at a meeting with the presidents of Brazil, South Africa and Russia and India's prime minister on the sidelines of the G20 summit Photograph: Thomas Coex/AFP/Getty Images

The British prime minister, David Cameron, at a bilateral meeting with the Japanese prime minister, Yoshihiko Noda (not pictured) Photograph: Kerim Okten/EPA

Merkel and Obama at their bilateral meeting Photograph: Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images

The Microsoft chairman, Bill Gates, waves as he arrives for a meeting with Sarkozy on the sidelines of the G20 summit Photograph: Lionel Bonaventure/AFP/Getty Images

Sarkozy and Obama at their bilateral meeting before the start of the G20 summit Photograph: Lionel Bonaventure /AFP/Getty Images