Leaders of the Group of Seven countries are gathering in Cornwall, England, for their first face-to-face meeting since the coronavirus pandemic began.
The leaders of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the UK and the United States will discuss post-pandemic reconstruction at the three-day talks in Carbis Bay.
Vaccinating the world's population against Covid, economic recovery and foreign policy issues will dominate the talks, which are being chaired by British Prime Minster Boris Johnson.
The Covid crisis is the dominant issue, with G7 countries expected to pledge to donate more than a billion vaccine doses to poor and middle income countries.