With just a week left to go for the London Olympics, we at in.com bring to you snapshots from the relay of the Olympic torch, that began its journey on May 10 from Athens, Greece.
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In this handout image provided by LOCOG, Torchbearer 113 Boris Becker carries the Olympic Flame on the Torch Relay leg through Ealing. Photo: Getty Images
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In this handout image provided by LOCOG, Torchbearer Michael Vaughan carries the Olympic Flame on the Torch Relay leg through Hillingdon. Photo: Getty Images
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Andy Murray of Great Britain holds the Olympic Torch aloft at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon on July 23, 2012 in London, England. The Olympic flame, now on Day 66 of a 70-day relay is being carried through all boroughs of London ahead of the London 2012 Olympics opening ceremony. Photo: Getty Images
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Venus Williams of United States holds the Olympic Torch aloft at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon. Photo: Getty Images
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Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh look on as Olympic torchbearer 074 Phillip Wells holds the Olympic Flame at Windsor Castle on day 53 of the London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay on July 10, 2012 in Windsor, England. The Olympic Flame is now on day 53 of a 70-day relay involving 8,000 torchbearers covering 8,000 miles.
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Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh meet torchbearer Gina Macgregor as she carries the Olympic flame at Windsor Castle on day 53 of the London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay on July 10, 2012 in Windsor, England. The Olympic Flame is now on day 53 of a 70-day relay involving 8,000 torchbearers covering 8,000 miles.
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Queen Elizabeth II is shown the Olympic flame at Windsor Castle on day 53 of the London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay on July 10, 2012 in Windsor, England. The Olympic Flame is now on day 53 of a 70-day relay involving 8,000 torchbearers covering 8,000 miles.
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Inspector Andy Marriner from the Metropolitan Police secures the Olympic flame into seat 1a and 1b for the flight back to the United Kingdom in Athens Greece.
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The delegation including David Beckham, Lord Sebastian Coe and Princess Anne stand in front of the aircraft that delivered the Olympic Flame as it arrives at RNAS Culdrose near Helston in Cornwall, England. A British delegation including David Beckham, flew back with the flame from Greece where they attended a ceremony welcoming the flame, before it is taken on a 70-day relay involving 8,000 torchbearers covering 8,000 miles.
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David Beckham holds the Olympic Flame as it arrives at RNAS Culdrose near Helston in Cornwall, England. The Olympic Flame arrived in the UK after it was handed over at a ceremony yesterday in Athens. A British delegation including David Beckham, flew back with the flame from Greece where they attended a ceremony welcoming the flame, before it is taken on a 70-day relay involving 8,000 torchbearers covering 8,000 miles.
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Olympic gold medal sailor and the first London 2012 torchbearer, Ben Ainslie poses for a photograph beside the Lands End sign in Cornwall, England.
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Television presenter, adventurer and writer Ben Fogle waves as he takes the Olympic flame in a lantern above the tree canopy in a hot air balloon inside the rainforest biome at the Eden Project in Cornwall, England.
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Olympic torchbearer Katrina Doyle runs with the Olympic flame through Dunster near Minehead, England.
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Olympic torchbearer Will.i.am passes the Olympic flame to Emma Fowler (L) in Taunton, England.
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Torchbearer Natalie Hawkins, 20, from Street, walks with the Olympic flame in front of Glastonbury Tor in Glastonbury, England.
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A torchbearer runs with the Olympic flame along the Royal Crescent Bath, England.
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Josh Franceschi, Chris Miller, Matt Barnes and Dan Flint of You Me At Six at Cardiff's Cooper's Field in Cardiff, Wales. Coca-Cola brings You Me at Six to Cardiff to get local people moving to the beat of London 2012, in celebration of all the inspirational Torchbearers - Future Flames - who have carried the Olympic Flame as the London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay continues its route around the UK.
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Olympic torchbearer Rebecca Pantaney passes the Olympic flame to Thomas Baker (R) on the Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol, England.
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Olympic torchbearer Zara Phillips arrives on her horse Toy Town as she brings Olympic flame to Cheltenham Racecourse in Cheltenham, England.
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Footballer Didier Drogba carries the Olympic flame through Swindon in Wiltshire, England.
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Comedian John Bishop carries the Olympic Torch to the dish of The Lovell Telescope at Jodrell Bank in Holmes Chapel, England. The Olympic Torch visited The Lovell Radio Telescope which began operations in October of 1957 and was first used to track the carrier rocket that launched Sputnik I and later involved in the early exploration by U.S. and Russian space probes. The telescope was also the first to receive images from a Russian moon probe in 1959.
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Joanne Gregory, Torchbearer 024, travels by barge across the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct with the Olympic Flame during the leg between Wrexham and Trevor in North Wales.
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Torchbearer 087 Paul Gavin carries the Olympic flame on the leg between Kinmel Bay in the county of Conwy and Rhuddlan in the county of Denbighshire in Wales.
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Sir Chris Bonington holds the Olympic torch on the summit of Mount Snowdon in Llanberis, United Kingdom. Legendary mountaineer Sir Chris Bonington, aged 77, was given the honour of carrying the torch to the summit of Wales's highest mountain, the place his climbing career began 61 years ago.
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Torchbearer Paul McLister carries the Olympic Flame on the Torch Relay leg between Ballymena and Moorfields in Northern Ireland.
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Torchbearer Denis Broderick passes the Olympic Flame to Torchbearer Clare Leahy on the Carrick-a-Rede rope bridge which links the mainland near the village of Ballintoy to the island of Carrickarede in County Antrim near Belfast, Northern Ireland.
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Torchbearer Peter Jack holds the Olympic Flame aloft on the Giant's Causeway, County Antrim near Belfast, Northern Ireland.
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Torchbearer Maureen Barnes-sherring carries the Olympic Flame on a Horse Tram during the Torch Relay leg between Douglas and Laxey in Isle of Man.
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Torchbearer David Knight (right) carries the Olympic Flame in Isle of Man.
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Mountain Biker Tracy Moseley carries the Olympic Flame on the Nevis Range in Scotland, United Kingdom.
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Stunt cyclist Danny MacAskill rides with the Olympic Torch outside Kelvingrove Art Grove Art Gallery during the leg between Stranrear and Glasgow in Glasgow, Scotland.
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Singer songwriter John Legend carries the Olympic Torch during the London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay in Edinburgh, Scotland.
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Sir Roger Bannister holds the Olympic Flame on the running track at Iffley Road Stadium in Oxford, England, Tuesday July 10, 2012. Bannister was the first person ever to run a sub four-minute-mile, on May 6, 1954, at this track in Oxford. Bannister returned to the site of his greatest sporting achievement, to participate in the Olympic Torch relay as the Olympic flame is carried around the country to the opening ceremony of the 2012 London Olympic Games.
