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The G8's big ear to hear the youth of the world

Youths from different countries line up in front of a 'Giant Ear', background, symbolizing their right to get their word in to the G8 leaders during an event organized by the United Nations Children's Fund, UNICEF, near Rome's Colosseum, Saturday, July 4, 2009. Teams of young people aged 14 to 17 arrived in Rome to participate in the young people's summit (J8) to be held in parallel to the G8 summit in L'Aquila. The focus of this year J8 summit will be the climate change, child rights and Africa development.