The leaders of America’s closest allies challenged President Trump’s stubbornness at their Group of 7 summit meeting. Or they surrounded him to get his advice and wisdom.

Like the differing angles in a photograph that portrays the same scene, it partly depends on your point of view.

The photograph above, which has taken on an internet life of its own, is from the G-7 meeting in Canada this past weekend. It shows Angela Merkel, the chancellor of Germany, confronting Mr. Trump while other leaders watch.

Other G-7 countries promoted photographs of their own leaders that sought to show them as the center of attention — or at least not as bystanders.