London, UK
Singer Annie Lennox performs during the closing ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games (via Reuters.com)
London, UK
Singer Annie Lennox performs during the closing ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games (via Reuters.com)
London, UK
The full moon rises through the Olympic Rings hanging beneath Tower Bridge during the London 2012 Olympic Games (via Reuters.com)
London, UK
A Femen movement protestor is detained by police officers during a naked protest. Two topless women painted with the slogans “Olympic shame” and “No Sharia” protested in front of London’s City Hall to draw attention to what they called “bloody Islamist regimes” taking part in the Olympics. (via Reuters.com)
London, UK
Soldiers do a Usain Bolt impression as they wait to enter the Olympic Park (via Telegraph)
Weymouth, UK
A giant sand castle marks 100 days to the 2012 Olympic Games opening ceremony in London. (via BBC News)
London, UK
Olympian Matthew Pinsent helps carry the first of 16,000 beds to be installed in the Athletes’ Village at the Olympic Park. The Olympic Village was handed over for its fit-out of furnishings which will turn it into the home of the athletes who will compete at the London 2012 Games. The handover marks the six-month countdown to the start of the Games. The site will house up to 16,000 athletes and team officials during the Olympic Games and 6,200 athletes and team officials, plus 1,000 referees and umpires during the Paralympic Games, from 200 countries around the world. (via Telegraph)
London, UK
Workers install artist Monica Bonvicini’s RUN sculpture in the plaza of the London 2012 handball arena (via guardian.co.uk)
Run… handball… run… handball… Am I missing something?
London, UK
Daniel Keatings of Great Britain in action on the Rings during day one of the Men’s gymnastics Olympic qualification round at North Greenwich Arena. Great Britain’s men won the Olympic test even in style to qualify a full team for the Game for the first time since Barcelona 1992. (via BBC News)
London, UK
Two competitors run through a series of wrestling moves during a photocall at the ExCel Centre, the wrestling venue for the London 2012 Olympics (via guardian.co.uk)
UK
British sprinter James Ellington is seeking a sponsorship deal via an online auction site as part of his race to compete in the 2012 Olympic Games in London. He has turned to eBay to try to raise funds. (via Telegraph)
The Cathedral of the Annunciation in Moscow by marantzer on Flickr.
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