

Agence France-Presse/Getty Images photographs Counterclockwise from above left: Oman's Sultan Qaboos, Saudi King Abdullah bin Aziz al-Saud and Kuwait Emir Sheik Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah attend the Gulf Cooperation Council in late December, along with United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister Sheik Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahayan (in white robe), shown walking with Bahrain's Sheik Khaled bin Ahmed al-Khalifa (dark robe), as they try to figure out what to do about Iran and its president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (top right), who was not invited.