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Where was Biden? The G-20 photo shows him out of the picture – Times of India

Under sunshine and clear blue skies against a picture-perfect backdrop of Rio’s iconic Sugarloaf Mountain, the Group of 20 leaders gathered for their “family photo.” There was just one snag: US President Joe Biden was missing.The traditional photo opportunity descended into farce on Monday when Biden, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Italian premier Giorgia Meloni were absent from the lineup.That only became clear, though, once Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva had posed for the snap with the other world leaders, after which they dispersed for further talks.Was it perhaps an act of protest against the presence of Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, who was standing in for President Vladimir Putin? Or had some bilateral meetings run late? In the end, it seems it wa...