In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, leaders, including China's President Xi Jinping, Kyrgyzstan's President Sadyr Japarov, Russia's President Vladimir Putin, Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Tajikistan's President Emomali Rakhmon, pose for a family photo prior to the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Bishkek on September 1, 2026. (Photo by Vyacheslav PROKOFYEV / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)