Davos 2010: the World Economic Forum in pictures

A worker make final preparations for the Davos World Economic Forum in one of the rooms at the venue Photograph: Laurent Gillieron/EPA Photograph: Laurent Gillieron/guardian.co.uk One of the Swiss hosts receives a briefing Photograph: Christof Sonderegger/swiss-image.ch Photograph: Christof Sonderegger/guardian.co.uk Darkness descends on the village of Davos, where high security measures are in place Photograph: Fabrice Coffrini/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Fabrice Coffrini/guardian.co.uk The conference room gets a final clean Photograph: Christian Hartmann/Reuters Photograph: Christian Hartmann/guardian.co.uk Participants queue in heavy snowfall to get into meetings at the Davos forum Photograph: Anja Niedringhaus/AP Photograph: Anja Niedringhaus/guardian.co.uk Participants wait to enter the opening session of the annual economic forum Photograph: Alessandro Della Bella/EPA Photograph: Alessandro Della Bella/guardian.co.uk A session of the economic forum gets underway Photograph: Laurent Gillieron/EPA Photograph: Laurent Gillieron/guardian.co.uk French President Nicolas Sarkozy appears with World Economic Forum founder and executive chairman Klaus Schwab after he addressed the assembly on the opening day Photograph: Fabrice Coffrini/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Fabrice Coffrini/guardian.co.uk Movers, shakers and canapes - a typical Davos scene Photograph: Laurent Gillieron/EPA Photograph: Laurent Gillieron/guardian.co.uk India's commerce and industry minister, Anand Sharma, attending a session of the 40th annual forum Photograph: Christian Hartmann/Reuters Photograph: Christian Hartmann/guardian.co.uk A glimpse at the notes of Lars Olofsson, chief executive of supermarket chain Carrefour, during a session entitled: Who is the new consumer? Photograph: Virginia Mayo/AP Photograph: Virginia Mayo/guardian.co.uk The chairman of the State Bank of India, Om Prakash Bhatt, at a session of the forum Photograph: Virginia Mayo/AP Photograph: Virginia Mayo/guardian.co.uk Evan Williams, co-founder and chief executive of Twitter, attends a session entitled The Growing Influence of Social Networks Photograph: Fabrice Coffrini/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Fabrice Coffrini/guardian.co.uk Seats were hard to find at a session on social networks Photograph: Fabrice Coffrini/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Fabrice Coffrini/guardian.co.uk South Korea's president, Lee Myung-bak, addresses delegates at the Davos forum Photograph: Christian Hartmann/Reuters Photograph: Christian Hartmann/guardian.co.uk The 2010 South Africa World Cup was well represented at Davos, with (left to right) mascot Palaquinha; footballer Mark Fish; President Jacob Zuma, and Lucas Radebe, the former captain of the national soccer team Photograph: Alessandro Della Bella/EPA Photograph: Alessandro Della Bella/guardian.co.uk Jacob A Frenkel, chairman of JP Morgan Chase International, speaks during a session entitled The next Global Crisis Photograph: Eric Piermont/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Eric Piermont/guardian.co.uk A speaker is silhouetted as he addresses a session at the forum Photograph: Michael Buholzer/Reuters Photograph: Michael Buholzer/guardian.co.uk A session on the Middle East involved (from left) UAE minister of state for foreign affairs Anwar M. Gargash; Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa; Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad; Prime Minister of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Samir Al Rifai, British Shadow Foreign Secretary William Hague and honorary chairman Vision 3, Khalid Abdulla-Janahi Photograph: Fabrice Coffrini/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Fabrice Coffrini/guardian.co.uk Bill Clinton, former US president and UN special envoy to Haiti, attends a session at the forum Photograph: Arnd Wiegmann/Reuters Photograph: Arnd Wiegmann/guardian.co.uk Foreign Secretary David Miliband checks his phone in the hallway at the World Economic Forum Photograph: Virginia Mayo/AP Photograph: Virginia Mayo/guardian.co.uk Google's chief executive Eric Schmidt addresses delegates at a session on 'technology for society' Photograph: Virginia Mayo/AP Photograph: Virginia Mayo/guardian.co.uk A participant during a session entitled From Copenhagen to Mexico: What's Next? Photograph: Fabrice Coffrini/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Fabrice Coffrini/guardian.co.uk Conservative leader David Cameron listens during a plenary session Photograph: Christian Hartmann/Reuters Photograph: Christian Hartmann/guardian.co.uk Microsoft founder Bill Gates studies his papers at the Davos forum Photograph: Michel Euler/AP Photograph: Michel Euler/guardian.co.uk Time for a break at the Davos Congress Centre Photograph: Fabrice Coffrini/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Fabrice Coffrini/guardian.co.uk Peter Brabeck-Letmathe, CEO of Nestle, has a drink during a break from the conference Photograph: Christian Hartmann/Reuters Photograph: Christian Hartmann/guardian.co.uk Renault-Nissan chairman and chief executive Carlos Ghosn attends a session called 'From Copenhagen to Mexico: What's Next?' Photograph: Fabrice Coffrini/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Fabrice Coffrini/guardian.co.uk Jordan's Queen Rania attends a session at the World Economic Forum Photograph: Christian Hartmann/Reuters Photograph: Christian Hartmann/guardian.co.uk Klaus Schwab, founder and president of the World Economic Forum blows a vuvuzela during the Davos kick-off for the 2010 Fifa South Africa World Cup Photograph: Laurent Gillieron/AP Photograph: Laurent Gillieron/guardian.co.uk Former South Africa and Leeds United soccer player Lucas Radebe kicks a ball as he is joined by Zakumi, the 2010 World Cup official mascot during the 2010 Fifa World Cup South Africa Davos kick-off Photograph: Michael Buholzer/Reuters Photograph: Michael Buholzer/guardian.co.uk Dancers perform in the congress centre before the Davos kickoff for the 2010 Fifa World Cup in South Africa event Photograph: Pierre Verdy/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Pierre Verdy/guardian.co.uk President and CEO of The Coca-Cola Company, Muhtar Kent, gestures with a can during a session entitled 'The Gender Agenda: Putting Parity into Practice' Photograph: Fabrice Coffrini/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Fabrice Coffrini/guardian.co.uk French finance minister, Christine Lagarde, pauses before speaking during a session on the Global Economic Outlook Photograph: Virginia Mayo/AP Photograph: Virginia Mayo/guardian.co.uk German economy minister Rainer Brüderle gestures during an interview Photograph: Fabrice Coffrini/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Fabrice Coffrini/guardian.co.uk European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet talks during a session called 'Redesigning Financial Regulation' Photograph: Eric Piermont/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Eric Piermont/guardian.co.uk Pascal Lamy, Director General of the World Trade Organisation Photograph: Christian Hartmann/Reuters Photograph: Christian Hartmann/guardian.co.uk Stanley Fischer, governor of the Central Bank of Israel; Pravin Gordhan, minister of finance of South Africa; Jean-Claude Trichet, president of the European Central Bank and Tidjane Thiam, group chief Executive of Prudential arrive for a session Photograph: Laurent Gillieron/EPA Photograph: Laurent Gillieron/guardian.co.uk