The G20 foreign ministers' group photo was canceled after European nations refused to be pictured with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. The photo was originally scheduled to take place on Friday morning ET at the G20 Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Atlanta, but the U.S. hosts decided to cancel it after several European countries, including the UK, refused to pose with Lavrov. U.S. officials stated that the move was to prevent the diplomatic occasion from becoming a distraction and to focus on substantive discussions.