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G7 Summit

COVID's 'roots,' China, protests at sea, beach BBQ: Five takeaways from Day 2 of the G-7 summit

FALMOUTH, England – President Joe Biden and leaders of some of the world’s wealthiest nations spent Saturday formulating a strategy to counter China’s growing influence and looking for ways to avoid another global health crisis like COVID-19.

And at the end of the day? There was a barbecue on the beach.

Saturday was Day 2 of the Group of Seven summit in Cornwall, England. The gathering is the leaders' first in-person meeting since the start of the coronavirus crisis, and much of the discussions have focused on what British Prime Minister Boris Johnson called “the most wretched pandemic the world has faced for at least our lifetimes.”