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Scenes of diplomatic life

Diplomacy is the practice of representing the interests of a state and conducting negotiations between different sides. Or as US satirist Ambrose Bierce put it: "Diplomacy is the art of lying for one's country."

Photographers of the prestigious Magnum agency have captured moments from diplomatic lives around the world – on and off stage.

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