Sri Lankan children in traditional dresses wait to welcome heads of commonwealth countries outside the Nelum Pokuna Mahinda Rakapaksa Theater, the main venue for the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Heads of Governments meeting ,in Colombo, Sri Lanka , Friday, Nov. 15, 2013. Sri Lanka opened its Commonwealth summit Friday with a dazzle of dancers, words from Buddha and red-carpeted stairway lined with smiling children to greet leaders from Britain and its former territories, even as some were absent in protest over Sri Lanka's human rights record.(AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

• Contributor: Associated Press / Alamy Stock Photo
• Image ID: 2N66AF5
• File size: 31.1 MB (826 KB Compressed download)
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• Dimensions: 3948 x 2754 px | 33.4 x 23.3 cm | 13.2 x 9.2 inches | 300dpi
• Date taken: 15 November 2013
• Photographer: Manish Swarup

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