Oxfam's activists wear masks depicting (L-R) Belgium's Prime Minister Yves Leterme, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and British Prime Minister David Cameron, sitting on a table and ordering food for nine billion people, outside the European Parliament in Brussels.

The EU needs to start the transformation to a fairer and more sustainable food system, through domestic legislative reform and also making it the agenda of the G20 and other international forums, according to the group. – Photos by Reuters and AFP

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Closed doors

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