G7 Summit takeaways: The US is back on top, the Queen cut a cake with a sword, and world leaders promised 1 billion COVID-19 doses

Yelena DzhanovaJun 14, 2021, 01:22 IST

(L-R) Italy's Prime Minister Mario Draghi, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, US President Joe Biden, France's President Emmanuel Macron, Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga attend a plenary session during G7 summit in Carbis Bay, Cornwall on June 13, 2021.PHIL NOBLE/POOL/AFP via Getty Images

World leaders from the US, Italy, France, Japan, Canada, Germany, and the UK met this weekend for the G7 Summit.
The summit, made up of the world's wealthiest large democracies and close allies, is designed to discuss economic and international policies.
Here are the biggest takeaways from the three-day event:

Against the backdrop of the global pandemic, world leaders met in person for the first time since the coronavirus shut down travel.

(L-R) German Chancellor Angela Merkel, European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, French President Emmanuel Macron, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, Queen Elizabeth II, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi, President of the European Council Charles Michel, and US President Joe Biden. Jack Hill - WPA Pool / Getty Images

In the spirit of gathering and collaboration, the G7 leaders talked through strategies to end the coronavirus pandemic.

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Getty

G7 leaders agree that the US is back on top.

Emmanuel Macron, President of France speaks in Brussels on October 2, 2020. Getty

The Queen showed off her sword skills.

Queen Elizabeth II attempts to cut a cake with a sword, lent to her by the Lord-Lieutenant of Cornwall, Edward Bolitho, to celebrate of the Big Lunch initiative at the Eden Project, near St Austell in southwest England on June 11, 2021. OLI SCARFF/POOL/AFP via Getty Images

World leaders single out Russia and China.

President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin are set to meet in Geneva on June 16. Angela Weiss/Alexey Druzhinin/Getty Images

Leaders agree on a plan to phase out gasoline cars.

South Korea's President Moon Jae-in (L) and US President Joe Biden (R) listen to Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson during a working session at the G7 summit in Carbis Bay, Cornwall on June 12, 2021. BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/POOL/AFP via Getty Images

Biden met the Queen for the first time as president.

President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden stood beside the Queen outside of Windsor Castle on Sunday. Samir Hussein/Getty Images

Photos show the Queen with the 12 US presidents she's met in her lifetime

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