UN General Assembly: World leaders’ attempts to stand out

For more than 70 years, world leaders have gathered before the United Nations General Assembly to speak and to be heard.

For more than 70 years, world leaders have gathered before the United Nations General Assembly to speak and to be heard.

However, with more than 190 leaders in attendance, some of them have resorted to colourful, creative, even controversial ways of grabbing attention.

Al Jazeera’s Mereana Hond reports.