The G20 is an annual summit, where leaders from the countries with the largest and fastest-growing economies meet up. This year, world leaders and central bank governors from 19 countries and the European Union travel to Osaka, Japan, where they will discuss the most important financial and economic issues of the day. But the world leaders rarely travel alone – and were joined by wives and husbands.
In photos released on Friday, 19 spouses have been pictured together.
The partners and wives of the world’s leaders cut a stylish figure as they posed for a “family photo” at Tofuku-ji Temple in Kyoto.
Noticeably, only one spouse photographed is a man – British Prime Minister Theresa May’s husband Philip.
But maybe the biggest surprise was US First Lady Melania Trump, wife of Donald Trump, who was absent from the photo.
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Who are the wives and husbands of the world leaders?
Singaporean First Lady Ho Ching
South Korean First Lady Kim Jung-sook
South African First Lady Tshepo Motsepe
French First Lady Brigitte Macron
Vietnam’s First Lady Tran Thi Nguyet Thu
British Prime Minister Theresa May’s husband Philip
Thailand’s First Lady Naraporn Chan-ocha
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s wife Jenny
Indonesian First Lady Iriana Joko Widodo
European Council President Donald Tusk’s wife Malgorzata
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s spouse Akie Abe
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s wife Sophie
Argentinian First Lady Juliana Awada
Spanish First Lady María Begoña Gómez Fernández
Turkey’s First Lady Emine Erdoğan.