Opening Ceremony artistic director Danny Boyle speaks next to the Olympic Bell ahead of the Opening Ceremony at the 2012 Summer Olympics
The President of the International Olympic Committee Jacques Rogge, left, and Britain's Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, back right, applaud as Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, foreground right, arrives during the Opening Ceremony at the 2012 Summer Olympics
The Red Arrows fly over Olympic Stadium before the Opening Ceremony at the 2012 Summer Olympics, on Friday.
The Olympic rings are illuminated with pyrotechnics as they are raised above the stadium during the Opening Ceremony.
Tennis player Sania Mirza along with teammates waves as they parade during the opening ceremony .
Actors dressed as Mary Poppins perform during the Opening Ceremony at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron, left, and London's Mayor Boris Johnson wait for the start of the Opening Ceremony.
Britain's Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge, left, and his wife Britain's Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge wait for the beginning of the opening ceremony .
Britain's Prince Charles, left, and his wife Camila, Duchess of Cornwall arrive for the Opening Ceremony.
Actor Rowan Atkinson performs during the Opening Ceremony at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
A person dressed as Queen Elizabeth II parachutes into the Olympic stadium during the Opening Ceremony.
Media people shelter from the rain during the Opening Ceremony at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Artists perform during the Opening Ceremony.
Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh and President of National Academy of RUDSETI, D. Veerendra Heggade at the inauguration of National Conference on Rural Training Institutes in New Delhi.
Amarnath shrine head priest Mahant Deependra Giri, alongwith other sadhus, performs worship of the 'Charri-Mubarak', the holy mace of Lord Shiva, at Dashnami Akhara Temple in Srinagar on Saturday, before taking the Holy mace to the Amarnath Shrine.
Veteran soccer star Ruud Gullit of Holland arrives at NSCBI Airport in Kolkata on Saturday.
India's captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, right celebrates after holding a catch to dismiss Sri Lanka's batsman Upul Tharanga, left, during their third one-day international cricket match
Civil Defence volunteers perform rescue work at the Central Secretariat metro station during a mock drill organised by DDMA and National Disaster Management Authority in New Delhi.
Rajeev Ram, of the United States, reacts after scoring a point during the second set of a quarterfinals singles match against Leonardo Mayer, of Argentina, at the Farmers Classic tennis tournament.
Tourism Minister Subodh Kant Sahay and his wife Rekha Sahay have declared assets worth Rs 70.74 lakh and Rs 1.24 crore, respectively.
Activists of CPI taking out a protest rally over the recent violence in BTAD area, in Guwahati.
People having a view of one of the “biggest Indian book” , 25-ft high, 17-foot wide and around two-foot thick, after its launch in Ahmedabad on Saturday. The book, a collation of six parts of 150 pages each, is made of iron pipes, flex and colour and has been measured and tested for the record by the Limca Book of Records.
Haiti's President Michel Martelly dances at the end of the presentation ceremony for the Carnaval des Fleur queens, pictured behind him, at the national palace in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Friday, July 27, 2012. The carnival, a three-day celebration, will mark new beginnings and the revitalization of Haiti with a Sunday parade, concerts and street dancing.
An artist prepares a Ganesh idol ahead of Ganeshotsav in Mumbai on Saturday.
Ghazal singers, right to left, Bhupinder Singh, Talat Aziz, Pankaj Udhas, Anup Jatola, Mitali Singh, Hariharan, Ahmed and Mohd Hussain at 'Khazana a festival of Ghazals' event to raise funds for cancer and thalassemia patients in Mumbai
Film actress Amisha Patel on her arrival at the airport in Jodhpur.
Five hardcore Maoist rebels who were arrested by the police in Gaya.
In this image released by DigicelCricket.com, West Indies' opener Kieran Powell celebrates after scoring 100 runs during the third day of a first cricket Test match against New Zealand in North Sound.





