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In her first major address as head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Kristalina Georgieva painted a downbeat picture of the world economy and said a more severe slowdown could require governments to coordinate fiscal-stimulus measures. Georgieva is pictured above pausing during a speech made on October 8 ahead of the IMF and World Bank Group Annual Meetings in Washington, DC. Photograph: Andrew Harrer for Bloomberg