Xi receives best score in leader evaluation

More than 26,000 surveyed on effectiveness of 10 world figures

President Xi Jinping came out on top in a 30-country survey that asked more than 26,000 people who the most effective world leader is.

Xi's score was 7.5 out of 10, followed by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 7.3 and German Chancellor Angela Merkel's 7.2. The other 10 leaders in the poll included US President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron.