This summit took place in La Malbaie, in the Charlevoix region of Quebec, Canada, at the weekend, where leaders struggled to heal a tariff dispute that has pushed them to the brink of a trade war. We select some of the best images of international diplomacy in action, so don’t miss them.

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All smiles on the first day: from left to right, the European council president, Donald Tusk; the UK prime minister, Theresa May; the German chancellor, Angela Merkel; the US president, Donald Trump; the Canadian prime minister, Justin Trudeau; the French president, Emmanuel Macron; Japan’s prime minister, Shinzō Abe; the Italian PM, Giuseppe Conte; and the European commission president, Jean-Claude Juncker
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Time to synchronise your watches – Justin Trudeau, with Theresa May and Donald Tusk
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May stands with Merkel who has a word for Trump as he passes
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Trudeau greets Bangladesh’s prime minister, Sheikh Hasina
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Trudeau and Macron, Merkel, Abe and Trump take part in a working session on the first day
Photograph: Reuters

Trudeau speaks with Macron at the Gender Equality Advisory Council breakfast meeting on the second day
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Trudeau and G7 leaders hold a meeting with staff
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Time for a country walk: Justin Trudeau and his wife, Sophie Gregoire Trudeau, walk with Argentina’s president, Mauricio Macri, and his wife, Juliana Awada Macri
Photograph: Yves Herman/Reuters

Trump beside the IMF chief, Christine Lagarde, and Merkel, at a G7 and Gender Equality Advisory Council meeting
Photograph: Yves Herman/Reuters