Some pictures from the ICM

Here are some pictures from the ICM 2010:

Plus headed for world domination.

Well, maybe not quite ... it's a panel discussion on popularisation of maths. (Thanks to Jaime Carvalho e Silva for both of these photos.)

Plus with Cédric Villani.

3000 mathematicians trying to have dinner.

3000 mathematicians trying to have lunch.

3000 mathematicians trying to catch a hotel bus.

Plus with Christian Schlaga, Germany's acting ambassador to India. It's a long story, but basically Plus ended up with a sculpture of the Berlin bear (with a maths design) that had been presented to Schlaga at the German embassy's reception at the ICM.

The old town of Hyderabad

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