Reading between SCO visuals: Modi-Xi-Putin huddle, Shehbaz’s blank gaze, and more

A picture is worth a thousand words, as the famous adage goes. When defining images are strung together, they tell a powerful story—one that resonates in the public consciousness far more deeply than words. If one has to read the final day of the SCO summit between the lines, the pictures tell the real story. The first visual that grabbed attention showed Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin, all smiles, entering the SCO meeting hand in hand at the Meijiang Convention and Exhibition Centre in Tianjin. advertisement In politics and diplomacy, no action or word is without…