The ceiling of the Royal Palace, designed by Flemish sculptor Jan Fabre and decorated with the hard chitin wing cases of the Thai Green Jewel beetle beetles is lit up as guests take part in a reception on the second day of the eighth Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM 8) in Brussels. Leaders of China and Japan, locked in the fiercest bilateral dispute in years, mended fences at a chance post-dinner Brussels encounter, a first step to restoring ties between the Asian powers. AFP PHOTO/POOL/DIDIER LEBRUN (Photo credit should read DIDIER LEBRUN/AFP/Getty Images)
