In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, leaders, including Belarus' President Alexander Lukashenko, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian, Kazakhstan's President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, China's President Xi Jinping, Kyrgyzstan's President Sadyr Japarov, Russia's President Vladimir Putin, Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Tajikistan's President Emomali Rakhmon and Uzbekistan's President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, 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)