English:
Leaders of Group of Eight pose for photos Monday, July 7, 2008, prior to dinner at the Windsor Hotel Toya Resort and Spa in Toyako,
Japan
. From left are: Prime Minister
Silvio Berlusconi
of
Italy
; President
Dmitry Medvedev
of
Russia
; Chancellor
Angela Merkel
of
Germany
; Prime Minister
Gordon Brown
of the
United Kingdom
; Japan's Prime Minister
Yasuo Fukuda
; President
George W. Bush
of the
United States of America
; Prime Minister
Stephen Harper
of
Canada
; President
Nicolas Sarkozy
of
France
, and President
José Manuel Barroso
of the
European Commission
. In the background is
tanabata
decoration.