South African President Cyril Ramaphosa addresses enthusiastic attendees in the summit’s plenary hall, describing a world in crisis, marked by war and conflict. That makes it all the more important and impressive that so many people here are taking part in the global progressive mobilisation, showing no fear, he says. The international order is crumbling, he says. Even those in the UN Security Council who are supposed to protect it are further undermining it. -fw

Katrin Rulle