

Fireworks explode over the Olympic Stadium during the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games. Pawel Kopczynski/Reuters
Spectators attend the Opening Ceremony at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. David Goldman/AP
The opening ceremonies of the London 2012 Olympic Games has a cast of some 23,000. Here in one scene of the ceremonies are hundreds of children dancing in a hospital ward. Michael Munhall/Special to the Christian Science Monitor
The Olympic rings light up the stadium during the Opening Ceremony at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Morry Gash/AP
During their final team workout, Olympic gymnasts John Orosco on the horse and Sam Mikulak on the parallel bars practice their skills at the Greenwich Olympic Training Academy before competition begins Saturday. Michael Munhall/Special to the Christian Science Monitor
A storm cloud begins to dump rain as it passes over Brooklyn, New York, yesterday evening. Lucas Jackson/Reuters
Children play during a 'Let's Move!' event for about 1,000 American military children and American and British students at the US ambassador's residence in London, ahead of the 2012 Summer Olympics. Lefteris Pitarakis/AP
McLaren Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain adjusts his glove as he sits in his car in the pit during the first practice session for the Hungarian F-1 Grand Prix at the Hungaroring circuit near Budapest, Hungary. Leonhard Foeger/Reuters
A diver jumps during a practice session at the Aquatics Centre in the Olympic Park ahead of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Mark J. Terrill/AP
A professional diver swims in an act to depict the Olympic flame at Manila's Ocean Park to show support for Filipino athletes competing at the London Olympics. Romeo Ranoco/Reuters
A girl holds her umbrella as she waits to cross the road during rainfall in Kathmandu. The monsoon season in Nepal typically lasts from June to August. Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters
A woman sells fishes at a market in Yangon, Myanmar. Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters
A young Yemeni soldier (c.) stands guard as protestors demanding that the relatives of former President Ali Abdullah Saleh be fired from army and police posts demonstrate in Sanaa, Yemen. Hani Mohammed/AP
Damaged buildings are seen in Juret al-Shayah in Homs, Syria. Shaam News Network/Reuters
Juan Carlos Castano sits in his bedroom after the judicial commission suspended his eviction, in Madrid, Spain. Castano, who came from his native Colombia to Spain in 2000, stopped making mortgage payments after becoming unemployed in late 2009. The writing on the wall reads, 'Caja Cantabria Bank, thieves.' Susana Vera/Reuters
Abigail Kincade (c.) and mother Amanda Kincade (l.) gather with others at Liberty Elementary School in Fresno, Calif. during a candlelight vigil, yesterday evening, for 7-year-old Donovan Maldonado, who was struck and killed while bike riding with his family. He was one of three family members struck by a car Wednesday evening, July 25. John Walker/The Fresno Bee/AP
Palestinian worshipers pray outside the Dome of the Rock at the al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Ramadan is the ninth month of the Muslim year which lasts 30 days, during which strict fasting is observed from sunrise to sunset. Nasser Shiyoukhi/AP
People walk along the Admiralteyskaya Embankment in front the Russian naval ships in the centre of St. Petersburg. The ships have been brought to Russia's second largest city as part of celebrations for Navy Day on Sunday. Alexander Demianchuk/Reuters
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (r.) reacts on a ride of an amusement attraction as he attends the completion ceremony of the Rungna People's Pleasure Ground in Pyongyang, North Korea in this photo taken Wednesday, July 25, 2012 and released by the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) today. AP
Activists attempt to remove a block from a barrier wall blocking passage to the parliament in Cairo yesterday evening. Egypt's Supreme Constitutional Court overruled President Mohamed Morsi's decision to recall the Islamist-led parliament which heightened a confrontation between the two sides. The wall was built by the armed forces during unrest earlier this year. Mohamed Abd El Ghany/Reuters
Cosplayers dressed as comic figures shop at a convenience store inside the Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre where the Ani-Com & Games, a game and comic expo, is held in Hong Kong. Bobby Yip/Reuters
A model presents a creation by Nupur Arora at the Bangalore Fashion Week in Bangalore, India. Aijaz Rahi/AP
Male orangutan Buschi sits in his new enclosure at the zoo in Osnabrueck, northern Germany. Markus Hibbeler/AP
A cyclist, left, is silhouetted as the sun rises behind the sculpture Molecule Man, designed by American artist Jonathan Borofsky, in Berlin, Germany. Gero Breloer/AP