Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks during a bilateral meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, following the conclusion of the G7 Summit Leaders' Meeting on May 21, 2023 in Hiroshima, Japan. The G7 summit will be held in Hiroshima from 19-22 May. Yuichi Yamazaki/Getty Images hide caption
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European Council President Charles Michel (from left), Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, President Emmanuel Macron, Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, President Biden, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen at a monument for atomic bomb victims in Hiroshima, Japan, Friday. Stefan Rousseau/AP hide caption
Japan's atomic bomb survivors hope G-7 firms up support for nuclear disarmament
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy disembarks upon his arrival at Hiroshima Airport in Japan on the second day of the G-7 Summit Leaders' Meeting on May 20, 2023. Yuichi Yamazaki/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
President Biden arrives at an event at the White House on May 11, 2023. This week he will travel to Hiroshima, Japan for the G-7 summit. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images hide caption
Biden is going to Hiroshima at a moment when nuclear tensions are on the rise
An oil tanker is moored at the Sheskharis complex, part of Chernomortransneft JSC, a subsidiary of Transneft PJSC, in Novorossiysk, Russia, Oct. 11, one of the largest facilities for oil and petroleum products in southern Russia. The deadline is looming for Western allies to agree on a price cap on Russia oil. AP hide caption
A woman reacts as rescuers evacuate the body of her husband, who was killed in a rocket attack on a residential area in Kharkiv on Monday. The head of Kharkiv's regional administration said a Russian strike on Ukraine's second-largest city killed at least four people and wounded 19 others, including four children. Sergey Bobok/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Last year, President Biden announced "Build Back Better World," meant to compete with China's Belt and Road Initiative. This year at the G-7, Biden will unveil the first projects. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Biden said the G-7 would counter Chinese influence. This year, he'll try again
Annalena Baerbock, Foreign Minister of Germany, welcomes Jean-Yves Le Drian, Foreign Minister of France, for bilateral talks at the Schlossgut during the the summit of foreign ministers of the G7 Group of leading democratic economic powers at the Weissenhaus resort in Weissenhaeuser Strand, Germany, Friday, May 13, 2022. Marcus Brandt/AP hide caption
President Biden talks with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and French President Emmanuel Macron as they arrive at NATO headquarters in Brussels for an emergency meeting on Russia and Ukraine. Brendan Smialowski/POOL/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
President Biden waves as he prepares to depart the airport after meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Geneva, on June 16. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
President Biden meets with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on the sidelines of the G-7 summit. A White House official said Biden did a lot of "diplomatic speed-dating" with world leaders. Official Photo/Getty Images hide caption
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau greets U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson, the G-7 host, and his wife, Carrie, as he arrives for Friday's summit. Phil Noble/Pool/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
President Biden and first lady Jill Biden arrive Wednesday at Royal Air Force Mildenhall in England ahead of the G-7 summit. The president will try to reestablish U.S. global leadership and repair old friendships. Joe Giddens/Pool via AP hide caption
World Leaders Are Meeting To Tackle Climate Change And Pandemic Recovery
Finance officials of the Group of Seven nations and multilateral agencies pose for a photo in London on Saturday ahead of the G-7 leaders' summit. Henry Nicholls/AP hide caption
G-7 nations pledged millions to help Amazon countries fight wildfires, but Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said Tuesday that he's not interested unless he gets an apology from French President Emmanuel Macron. Eraldo Peres/AP hide caption
Indigenous people protest in defense of the Amazon in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday. Experts from the country's satellite monitoring agency say most of the fires are set by farmers or ranchers clearing existing farmland, but the same monitoring agency has reported a sharp increase in deforestation this year as well. Bruna Prado/AP hide caption
President Trump walks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Tuesday on Sentosa Island in Singapore. Evan Vucci/AP hide caption
President Trump is greeted by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at the official welcome of a G-7 summit Friday in Quebec. The summit comes as the U.S. is clashing with Canada and other big trading partners over tariffs. Leon Neal/Getty Images hide caption
As U.S. Flexes Its Muscles On Trade, Other Countries Are Beginning To Push Back
President Trump speaks to reporters before leaving the White House on Friday to attend the G-7 Summit in Charlevoix, Quebec. Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP hide caption
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson waits for the start of a meeting last month at NATO headquarters in Brussels. Tillerson is scheduled to travel to Russia on Tuesday, in what promises to be a difficult round of talks after the U.S. missile strike in Syria last week. Virginia Mayo/AP hide caption
President Obama and other leaders met in The Hague. Clockwise from bottom left: European Union Council President Herman Van Rompuy, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, French President Francois Hollande, British Prime Minister David Cameron, Obama, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi and EU President Jose Manuel Barroso. Sean Gallup/Getty Images hide caption