Northern Ireland G8 Summit

G-8 leaders gathered for a photo on the second day of meetings in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland. From left: European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, British Prime Minister David Cameron, President Obama, Russian President Vladimir Putin, French President Francois Hollande, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta, and European Council President Herman Van Rompuy.

The second of two days of the summit involved discussions of globe-trotting corporate tax dodgers, a lunch with leaders from Africa, and suspense over whether Russia and Western leaders can avoid diplomatic fireworks over their deadlock on Syria’s civil war.

World leaders attended a working session at the Lough Erne golf resort in Northern Ireland on June 18.

President Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed the ongoing conflict in Syria during their bilateral meeting.

Members of the NGO group Oxfam, dressed in golf clothes and wearing paper mache masks, imitated G-8 leaders during a demonstration at the Enniskillen Golf course near the venue of the G-8 summit.

Protesters held signs and waved banners during a demonstration outside of the security perimeter of the G-8 summit in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland, on June 17. The summit occurred under heavy security, with some 7,000 police lining roads and checking vehicles.

British Prime Minister David Cameron held a meeting with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan in Lough Erne on June 17.

Antihunger activists wore giant head masks depicting the G-8 leaders and waved as they sailed on a boat past the hotel housing the G-8 summit media center in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland. The protesters were from the Enough Food for Everyone IF, a joint coalition of more than 200 UK organizations campaigning for action to eliminate the causes of hunger.

President Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron spoke to students working on a school project about the G-8 summit during a visit to the Enniskillen Integrated Primary School.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel (right) greeted officials as she arrived at Belfast International Airport.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe spoke during his meeting with British Prime Minister David Cameron (not pictured).

From left, Northern Ireland’s Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness and First Minister Peter Robinson spoke with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper on his arrival at Belfast International Airport on June 17.

Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta (left) met with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper.

Michelle Obama and her two daughters, Sasha (center) and Malia (right), toured the Old Library Building at Trinity College in Dublin on June 17. They accompanied President Obama on his trip to Dublin for the G8 Summit. Upon his arrival, the president traveled to the Waterfront Hall conference center where he spoke to an audience of 2,000 and urged political leaders to develop the peace process.

Jose Manuel Durao Barroso (left), president of the European Commission, and Herman Van Rompuy (right), president of the European Council, arrived for their press conference on the first day of the G8 summit.

Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) greeted officials as he arrived at Belfast International Airport.

Jose Manuel Durao Barroso, president of the European Commission, spoke during a press conference.

American foreign policy strategist Nancy Soderberg, who played a key role in the Northern Ireland peace process, stood by the Enniskillen cenotaph on June 17.