Behind the scenes of Davos 2017
A Swiss special police officer atop the roof of the Congress Hotel ahead of the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 16, 2017.
Calm before the storm
A general view shows the Congress Center that hosts the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 15, 2017.
A view of Davos
A general view of the town of Davos, Switzerland, ahead of the meeting of the World Economic Forum, Jan. 15, 2017. Jakobshorn, Parsenn and Schatzalp are some of the peaks in the Swiss Alps immediately surrounding the resort town.
Living on the edge
The Congress Center, where the bulk of events take place at the World Economic Forum in Davos.
Which way?
Signs outside the Congress Center, the main conference center at the 2017 annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Jan. 15, 2017.
Security forces
A Swiss special police officer ahead of the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Jan. 16, 2017.
Cleaning floors
Workers for the World Economic Forum prepare for the group’s annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 15, 2017.
Hotel patio
A hotel patio on the Jakobshorn, one of the taller mountains in Davos.
Getting ready
Workers ready the stage for the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 15, 2017.
Welcome signs
A Davos logo greets visitors before the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 15, 2017.
Police gather
A group of police in a snowy landscape before the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos, January 15, 2017.
Cleaning up
A man shovels snow in preparation for the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos.
An apartment building
An apartment building surrounded by snow-covered trees in Davos, Switzerland.
The Jakobshorn hotel
A view of the Panorama Restaurant Jakobshorn, which overlooks the resort of Davos, Switzerland.
Security patrols
A security guard outside the Congress Center of the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 15, 2017.
Construction
Preparation work inside the Congress Center at the 2017 annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Jan. 14, 2017.
Staff preparations
Prepping the Congress Center before the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Jan. 15, 2017. Access to the center is limited to participants and select members of the media.
Center of the world
Most of World Economic Forum’s events are held in the Congress Center in Davos, Switzerland.
Police presence is felt
Swiss police patrol outside the Congress Center of the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 16, 2017.
What a view
Skiers take a break in a hotel in Davos, Switzerland.
Security
A security staffer ahead of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
Checking inn
A hotel in Davos, Switzerland.
Founder Klaus Schwab
World Economic Forum founder and Executive Chairman Klaus Schwab holds a news conference in Cologny, near Geneva, Switzerland, Jan. 10, 2017.
The world is listening
The logo of the World Economic Forum appears in Davos on Jan. 16, 2017.
Gotta eat
A waitress serves food during the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Jan. 18, 2017.
Documentation
Participants take a selfie at the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos.
Rules and regulations
Participants sit around a table in Davos.
Waking up
A participant at Davos adjusts his dress in front of the window as the sun rises.
Listening
Participants fill an auditorium in Davos