World leaders cuddle with koalas

November 25, 2014 at 9:37 p.m.

G20 handout photo shows Canada's PM Harper holding a koala before the G20 Leaders' Summit in Brisbane

G20 Australia handout photo shows U.S. President Obama laughing as Australia's PM Abbott touches a koala he is holding before the G20 Leaders' Summit in Brisbane

Australia's Prime Minister Tony Abbott (L) and US President Barack Obama meet Jimbelung the koala before the start of the first G20 meeting in Brisbane, November 15, 2014. (EPA/ANDREW TAYLOR)

G20 Australia handout photo shows Australia's PM Abbott and Russia's President Putin each holding a koala before the G20 Leaders' Summit in Brisbane

G20 Australia handout photo shows Russia's President Putin holding a koala before the G20 Leaders' Summit in Brisbane

G20 handout photo shows Italy's PM Renzi holding a koala before the G20 Leaders' Summit in Brisbane

G20 handout photo shows Australia's PM Abbott helping Brazil's President Rousseff hold a koala before the G20 Leaders' Summit in Brisbane

G20 handout photo shows South Korea's President Park holding a koala before the G20 Leaders' Summit in Brisbane

G20 handout photo shows German Chancellor Merkel patting a koala held by Australia's PM Abbott before the G20 Leaders' Summit in Brisbane

G20 handout photo shows India's PM Modi and his Australian counterpart Abbott looking at a koala before the G20 Leaders' Summit in Brisbane

G20 handout photo shows Myanmar's President Thein Sein holding a koala before the G20 Leaders' Summit in Brisbane

G20 handout photo shows New Zealand's PM Key holding a koala before the G20 Leaders' Summit in Brisbane

Jimbelung, a two-year-old koala, is held in the media center at the G20 Summit in Brisbane

G20 handout photo shows Canada's PM Harper holding a koala before the G20 Leaders' Summit in Brisbane

Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper holds a koala before the G20 Leaders' Summit in Brisbane in this November 15, 2014 handout photo by G20 Australia. Leaders of the top 20 industrialized nations will gather in Brisbane till Sunday for their annual G20 summit. REUTERS/G20 Australia/Handout via Reuters

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During a reception at Brisbane's Gallery of Modern Art, world leaders who were in Australia for the G20 summit became acquainted with koalas.

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