July 28 2012

China

London Olympic Aquatic Center Natatorium,London,England,UK

 (© GEOFF CADDICK/epa/Corbis)

United Kingdom, United States

Targets during archery training for the Beijing 2008 Olympics at Olympic Green Archery Field in Beijing,China

(© Michael Steele/Getty Images)

 

Australia, Canada, Germany, France, Japan

Pied Avocets in Texel,Netherlands

(© Winfried Wisniewski/Corbis)

New Zealand

Partial eclipse of the moon setting over the Gulf of Mexico,US

(© David Nunuk/Corbis)

July 27 2012

Canada, Germany, France, Japan

Targets during archery training for the Beijing 2008 Olympics at Olympic Green Archery Field in Beijing,China

(© Michael Steele/Getty Images)

Australia

 Australia's James Magnussen competes in the final of the men's 100-metre freestyle swimming event in the FINA World Championships in Shanghai on July 28,2011

(© Francois Xavier Marit/AFP/Getty Images)

 China

London Stratford Olympic Stadium,London,England,UK

(© Michael Steele/Getty Images)

New Zealand

Tower bridge and giant time sundial,London,England,UK

(© Tim Gartside/age fotostock)

United Kingdom

Pied Avocets in Texel,Netherlands

(© Winfried Wisniewski/Corbis)

 

United States

 

Olympic Park Stadium,ArcelorMittal Orbit Tower and Aquatics Centre in London,UK

(© Charles Bowman/eStock Photo)

August 7 2009

Australia, Japan, Germany

Papyrus boat on Lake Titicaca, Bolivia
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United Kingdom, Canada, United States

Algeria
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China

August 8, 2008 Beijing Olympic Games opening ceremony
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New Zealand

Tianchi Lake, Xinjiang, China
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