From http://www.london2012.com 1. Han Soonchul (in blue) celebrates his victory over Fazliddin Gaibnazarov Han Soonchul of Republic of Korea (left) celebrates his win over Fazliddin Gaibnazarov of Uzbekistan during the men’s Light (60kg) Boxing on Day 10 of the London … Continue reading
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24 hours in pictures (05-08-2012) – Thế giới ảnh 24h
From http://www.guardian.co.uk 1. Kathmandu, Nepal: An activist wearing a flag of the Youth Association Nepal walks through an empty street during a general strike Photograph: Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters 2. Luther, Oklahoma, US: Residents look at the remains of their homes after … Continue reading
London 2012 Olympics: One week in
From http://www.boston.com The London 2012 Summer Olympics enter their second week. Eight thousand two hundred and fifty seven images flowed into our system today from Reuters, AFP, Getty and The Associated Press (and it’s only mid-afternoon), yet they represent only … Continue reading
24 hours in pictures (30-07-2012) – Thế giới ảnh 24h
From http://www.guardian.co.uk 1. Beijing, China: A paramilitary officer leaves a guard box at the Forbidden City Photograph: Jason Lee/Reuters 2. Berlin, Germany: Women dance and hurl multicoloured powder in the air during the Holi festival, also known as the festival … Continue reading
24 hours in pictures (26-07-2012) – Thế giới ảnh 24h
From http://www.guardian.co.uk 1. Santiago Atitlán, Guatemala: the faithful arrive outside the Catholic church in a procession honouring St James the Apostle Photograph: Rodrigo Abd/AP 2. Guantánamo, Cuba: a livestock seller pedals his bike, towing the newly acquired pig he plans … Continue reading
Olympics 2012: Carrying the flame
Earlier this month in Greece, the Olympic flame began its ceremonial journey to the site of the Summer Games in London. The flame is being carried in a relay by some 8,000 torchbearers to spread the message of peace, unity, and friendship over 70 days until it arrives at the opening ceremonies on July 27. – Lloyd Young — Editor’s note: We’ll be posting additional Olympic themed galleries leading up to and throughout the games. (29 photos total)
Nadine Struijk of The Netherlands, carrying the Olympic flame during the torch relay through Brynmawr, Wales, on May 25. Struijk was in the Dutch national synchronized swimming team for many years and now coaches the junior Dutch team, but gets her moment to shine here in the torch relay running up to the London Olympic Games. (Gareth Fuller/Locog via Associated Press)
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The Olympic flame during a hand-over on the leg between Cardigan/Aberteifi and Brynhoffnant on May 27 in Wales. The Olympic torch is on the ninth day of it’s journey around the United Kingdom which will involve 8,000 torchbearers covering 8,000 miles. (Locog via Getty Images) #
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Olympic gold medal sailor and the first London 2012 torchbearer, Ben Ainslie, waves to the helicopter delivering the Olympic flame as he waits beside the Lands End sign on May 19 in Cornwall, England. The Olympic flame arrived in the UK yesterday and now begins a 70-day relay involving 8,000 torchbearers covering 8,000 miles. (Matt Cardy/Getty Images) #
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Metropolitan Police Inspector Andy Marriner secures the Olympic flame into seats 1A and 1B for the flight back to the UK, on board a British Airways jet in Athens May 18. The London 2012 Olympic Games run from July 27 to August 12. (Locog via Reuters) #
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The Olympic flame is seen burning in a cauldron during a ceremonial arrival at RNAS Culdrose base near Helston in Cornwall, south west England on May 18. (Toby Melville/Reuters) #
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Joanne Gregory carries the Olympic torch on a hand drawn canal boat across the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct, a UNESCO World Heritage Site on May 30 in Llangollen, Wales. The Olympic flame is now on day 12 of a 70-day relay involving 8,000 torchbearers covering 8,000 miles. (Christopher Furlong/Getty Images) #
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Olympic flame torchbearer Sarah Blight poses for photographs in front of St Michael’s Mount on May 19 in Cornwall, England. The Olympic flame arrived in the UK yesterday and now begins a 70-day relay involving 8,000 torchbearers covering 8,000 miles. (Matt Cardy/Getty Images) #
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The finger nails of Olympic flame torchbearer Sarah Blight are decorated in a Union Jack design as she poses for photographs in front of St Michael’s Mount on May 19 in Cornwall, England. (Matt Cardy/Getty Images) #
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Adventurer and television presenter Ben Fogle carries the Olympic lantern on a tree pruning helium balloon in a biodome at the Eden Project near St Austell in Cornwall, south west England on May 19. (Toby Melville/Reuters) #
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Olympic torchbearer Vince Jeffery runs with the Olympic flame through Porlock on May 21 near Minehead, England. (Matt Cardy/Getty Images) #
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A girl smiles after watching the giant Olympic rings officially unveiled at the Belfast City Hall in Belfast, Northern Ireland on May 19. As the UK prepares to welcome the world in the summer, the latest set of giant Olympic rings were unveiled in Belfast. The Olympic spectacular will be unveiled ahead of the Olympic flame arriving in Northern Ireland in June, and will be a focal point for celebrations. (Peter Muhly/AFP/Getty Images) #
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Tassy Swallow carries the Olympic flame as it leaves Lands End on May 19 in Cornwall, England. The Olympic Flame arrived in the UK yesterday and now begins a 70-day relay involving 8,000 torchbearers covering 8,000 miles. (Matt Cardy/Getty Images) #
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Fireworks greet an Olympic torchbearer as he runs with Olympic flame across the Clifton Suspension Bridge on May 23 in Bristol, England. (Matt Cardy/Getty Images) #
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Sir Chris Bonington holds the Olympic torch on Mount Snowdon on May 29 in Llanberis, United Kingdom. Legendary mountaineer Sir Chris Bonington (77) was given the honor of carrying the torch to the summit of Wales’s highest mountain, the place his climbing career began 61 years ago. (Christopher Furlong/Getty Images) #
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The Beaumaris RNLI lifeboat crew assist Olympic torchbearer Elen Evans as she carries the Olympic flame across the Menai Strait on May 28 in Beaumaris, Wales. (Locog via Getty Images) #
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Will.i.am of the Black Eyed Peas passes the Olympic Flame to torchbearer Emma Fowler in Taunton, southwest England on May 21. The Black Eyed Peas star was cheered on by thousands of people as he ran through Taunton carrying the flame. The US-born music producer was a surprise addition to the line-up on day three of the relay. (Ireland/Press Association via Associated Press) #
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Kevin Pearson waves a Union Jack flag as he watches the Olympic torch relay from his ladder in Wells, south west England on May 22. The Olympic torch relay is on its fourth day as it traverses Britain ahead of the July 27 opening of the London Games. (Joe Giddens/Locog via Associated Press) #
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Crowds line the streets as a locally organized torch relay race is run ahead of the Olympic torch relay in Hatherleigh in south west England on May 21. Some 8000 runners are participating in the Olympic torch relay which will cover over 8000 miles throughout Britain, Northern Ireland and Ireland over the next ten weeks before the London 2012 Olympics. (Toby Melville/Reuters) #
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Zara Phillips holds the Olympic torch while riding through Cheltenham race course in Cheltenham on May 23. (Kieran Doherty/Reuters) #
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An Olympic games flag waves as spectators hold umbrellas during a handover for the Olympic flame ceremony in Panathinean stadium in Athens, Greece on May 17. (Petros Giannakouris/Associated Press) #
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Spyridon Gianniotis, Greece’s world champion of swimming, carries the flame during a dress rehearsal for the torch lighting ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games at the site of ancient Olympia in Greece on May 9. The official lighting ceremony for the London Games will take place on May 10. (Kevin Coombs/Reuters) #
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Actress Ino Menegaki as the role of the high priestess hands the torch with the flame to the Greek Olympic Committee president, Spyros Kapralos during the handover ceremony of the Olympic flame for the 2012 London Olympics at the Panathenaic stadium in Athens on May 17. (Louisa Gouliamaki/AFP/Getty Images) #
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The Olympic flame burns during the handover ceremony of the Olympic flame for the 2012 London Olympics at the Panathenaic stadium in Athens on May 17. The Olympic torch handover ceremony was held at the Panathenaic Stadium with Greece giving the flame to British officials ahead of the London 2012 Games. (Angelos Tzortzinis/AFP/Getty Images) #
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Torchbearers pass the Olympic flame during the handover ceremony at the Athens all marble Panathenaic stadium on May 17. (Aris Messinis/AFP/Getty Images) #
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Olympic torch from a cauldron with the Olympic flame atop the Athens Acropolis on May 17. Greece formally handed over the Olympic flame to a London delegation led by Princess Anne and including David Beckham on Thursday at the Panathenaic stadium where the first modern Games were held in 1896. (Yorgos Karahalis/Reuters) #
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The Olympic flame burns in a cauldron atop the Athens Acropolis on May 16 in Athens, Greece. (Yannis Behrakis/Getty Images) #
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The first torch barrier, swimmer Spyros Gianniotis, runs with the Olympic flame on May 10 during the lighting ceremony at the ancient site of Olympia, the sanctuary where the Olympic Games were born in 776 B.C. The ceremony marks the start of a week-long torch relay, which will take it to five major Greek archaeological sites, including the Acropolis, before it arrives at the old Olympic stadium in Athens, site of the first modern Games in 1896. (Angelos Tzortzinis/AFP/Getty Images) #
Lighting the 2012 Olympic Flame
From http://www.theatlantic.com
Seven years after London was selected to host the 2012 Summer Olympics, the Olympic Flame is on its way to England. Earlier today in Greece, performers dressed as priests and priestesses gathered for a ceremony in Olympia, the ancient birthplace of the Olympic games, where they appealed to the sun god Apollo to light the flame with the help of a parabolic mirror. The Olympic flame was then passed to swimmer Spyros Gianniotis to begin a seven-day relay through Greece, followed by a flight to Great Britain, where it will begin a 70-day journey, changing hands 8,000 times on its way to London. (See also Max Fisher’s Nazi Origins of the Olympic Flame Relay, from today on the Atlantic.) [19 photos]
A priestess holding a lit cauldron performs in the final dress rehearsal for the lighting of the flame held on May 9, 2012, in ancient Olympia, Greece.(AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
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Priestesses perform the ceremony for the Lighting of the Olympic Flame in ancient Olympia, on May 9, 2012 in Olympia, Greece. (Jamie McDonald/Getty Images) #
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A view from above of the London 2012 Olympic Games torch lighting ceremony at the site of ancient Olympia in Greece, on May 10, 2012. (Reuters/Kevin Coombs) #
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Performers dressed as ancient Greek priestesses perform a ritual dance, during the lighting of the flame ceremony, on May 10, 2012, in ancient Olympia. (AP Photo/Kostas Tsironis) #
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Priests perform during the ceremonial Lighting of the Olympic Flame in ancient Olympia on May 9, 2012. (Jamie McDonald/Getty Images) #
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Actress dressed as ancient Greek priestesses perform a ritual dance on May 9, 2012, in ancient Olympia. (AP Photo/Kostas Tsironis) #
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An actress, playing the role of a priestess, releases a dove during the dress rehearsal for the torch lighting ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games in Greece, on May 9, 2012. (Reuters/John Kolesidis) #
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Priestesses on a hillside during the Lighting Ceremony of the Olympic Flame, on May 10, 2012 in Olympia, Greece. (Jamie McDonald/Getty Images) #
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Priestesses perform in the Temple of Hera during the Olympic Flame lighting ceremony on May 10, 2012. (Jamie McDonald/Getty Images) #
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Greek actress Ino Menegaki, playing the role of High Priestess, prepares to light the Olympic Flame in Greece, on May 9, 2012. (Reuters/John Kolesidis) #
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Ino Menegaki, acting as high priestess, lights the Olympic Flame using a parabolic mirror to focus sunlight on a torch during the lighting ceremony in ancient Olympia, on May 10, 2012. (Aris Messinis/AFP/Getty Images) #
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The high priestess passes the Olympic flame she has just lit to a priestess holding a cauldron on Wednesday. May 9, 2012, in Ancient Olympia, Greece. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) #
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The high priestess holds an urn carrying the Olympic Flame on May 10, 2012 during the lighting ceremony. (Aris Messinis/AFP/Getty Images) #
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The high priestess carries the Olympic Flame in ancient Olympia during the lighting of the flame ceremony, on Thursday. May 10, 2012. (AP Photo/Kostas Tsironis) #
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A high priestess, holding a lit torch and an olive branch, performs on Wednesday. May 9, 2012, in ancient Olympia, Greece. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) #
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The Olympic Flame is passed to Spyros Gianniotis, a 32-year-old Liverpool-born swimmer, who won a silver medal for Greece in the 5-kilometer open water event four years ago in Beijing, during the lighting of the flame ceremony, on May 10, 2012. (AP Photo/Kostas Tsironis) #
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Spyros Gianniotis, Greece’s world champion of swimming, carries the flame during a dress rehearsal for the torch lighting ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games in Greece, on May 9, 2012. (Reuters/Kevin Coombs) #
24 hours in pictures (23-04-2012) – Thế giới ảnh 24h
From http://www.guardian.co.uk
1. London, UK: competitors rest after completing the 2012 London marathon Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images
2. Jerusalem, Israel: national flags are manufactured in a factory in preparation to celebrate Independence Day Photograph: Uriel Sinai/Getty Images
3. Islamabad, Pakistan: women sit on a bed out on the street Photograph: Nathalie Bardou/AP
4. Lyon, France: a voter stands next to ballots displayed on a table in a polling station Photograph: Jeff Pachoud/AFP/Getty Images
5. New Delhi, India: a boy looks for reusable material in the polluted waters of the Yamuna River Photograph: Tsering Topgyal/AP
6. Bucharest, Romania: a Sphynx cat watches a referee during an international feline beauty competition Photograph: Vadim Ghirda/AP
7. Mexico City, Mexico: a boy rides his bicycle at the Angel of Independence monument where members of the pro-life group lined the monument in an anti-abortion demonstration Photograph: Dieu Nalio Chery/AP
8. Berlin, Germany: a performing artist dressed up as a US military police officer makes a photo of a group of tourists at Checkpoint Charlie Photograph: David Gannon/AFP/Getty Images
9. Islamabad, Pakistan: a woman walks by the wreckage of a Bhoja Air Boeing 737 passenger plane Photograph: Muhammed Muheisen/AP
10. Bhaktapur, Nepal: a girl gets her hair done before leaving for school Photograph: Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters
11. Jerusalem, Israel: army members stand in front of graves of fallen soldiers during a ceremony at Mount Herzl military cemetery Photograph: Abir Sultan/EPA
12. Medellin, Colombia: Martha Padmore of Barbados trains before the women’s archery individual event at the London 2012 Olympic Games Photograph: Raul Arboleda/AFP/Getty Images
13. Paris, France: Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) supporters react during the first round of the French 2012 presidential elections Photograph: Franck Prevel/Getty Images
14. Bangkok, Thailand: Buddhist monks pray while promoting world peace at the Wat Phra Dhammakaya temple Photograph: Sukree Sukplang/Reuters
