IN PHOTOS: WEF highlights Day 1

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IN PHOTOS: WEF highlights Day 1
It's a big day today for Manila as it hosts the World Economic Forum on East Asia

MANILA, Philippines – For the first time the Philippines is hosting the World Economic Forum on East Asia. An elite group of political and business leaders started arriving in Manila on Wednesday, May 21, to attend the 3-day forum that culminates on Friday, May 23.

The dignitaries include Vietnam Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.

The WEF plenary sessions
Philippine President Benigno Aquino III
The Asian leaders
Protests
– Rappler.com
Photos by European Pressphoto Agency, Jose Del, Malacanang Photo Bureau, Agence France-Presse and Rappler

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