Top photos from day one of Davos 2017

Ross Chainey, Digital Media Specialist, World Economic Forum
From Chinese President Xi Jinping to Shakira, here are some of the best photos from the first day of Davos 2017.

Xi Jinping, President of the People’s Republic of China, delivers a speech to Davos participants
Image: World Economic Forum/Valeriano Di Domenico

Naomi Oreskes, Professor of the History of Science, Harvard University, speaks during the session, Climate Crisis: The Big Picture
Image: World Economic Forum/Sikarin Thanachaiary

The exterior of the Congress Centre in Davos
Image: World Economic Forum/Ciaran McCrickard

An exterior shot near the Congress Centre in Davos
Image: World Economic Forum/Ciaran McCrickard

Shakira, UNICEF Global Ambassador, speaks during a session in Davos
Image: World Economic Forum/Jakob Polacsek

Shereen Bhan, Managing Editor, CNBC-TV18, Matt Damon, Co-Founder, Water.org, and Gary White, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Water.org, speak in a session
Image: World Economic Forum/Jakob Polacsek

A guide dog rests during a session at the Forum’s Annual Meeting in Davos
Image: World Economic Forum/Ciaran McCrickard

Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum, introduces John F. Kerry, US Secretary of State
Image: World Economic Forum/Greg Beadle

Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz speaks during the session, Ending Corruption
Image: World Economic Forum/Boris Baldinger

Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim, Coordinator, Association for Indigenous Women and Peoples of Chad (AFPAT), takes part in a session
Image: World Economic Forum/Jakob Polacsek

A participant tries out VR in the Congress Centre
Image: World Economic Forum/Valeriano Di Domenico

A participant sits underneath John Grade’s artwork, Middle Fork, in the Congress Centre in Davos
Image: World Economic Forum/Mattias Nutt
Originally published at weforum.org.







