U.S. gymnasts, from left, Shawn Johnson. Chellsie Memmel and Nastia Liukin, chalk up their hands before practicing on the uneven parallel bars in preparation for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)
Italy gymnast Lia Parolari chalks the uneven parallel bars during practice in preparation for the Games. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)
Pakistan and New Zealand men compete in a practice field hockey match at the Beijing Olympic Green Hockey Center. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)
The Great Britain men’s sprint team trains at the Laoshan Velodrome ahead of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. (Clive Rose / Getty Images)
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Brazilian gymnast Daiane Santos performs a floor routine during podium training for the Olympics. (Matt Dunham / Associated Press)
Thousands of volunteers take part in the Olympic torch ceremony on a section of the Great Wall in Badaling, outside Beijing, which is shrouded in haze a day before the Games were set to begin. (Oliver Morin / AFP/Getty Images)
An torchbearer carries the flame along a section of the Great Wall in Badaling, outside Beijing. (Oliver Morin / AFP/Getty Images)
An injured Palestinian is helped by foreign activists after clashes between demonstrators and Israeli border police officers erupted during a protest against Israel’s separation barrier in the West Bank village Naalin. Israel says the barrier is necessary for security while Palestinians call it a land grab. (Muhammed Muheisen / Associated Press)
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A Palestinian youth, left, punches an Israeli border police officer in the face during a protest against Israel’s separation barrier in the West Bank village Naalin. (Muhammed Muheisen / Associated Press)
Kashmiri Muslim protesters throw stones at police officers during a protest in Srinagar. Police say they fired tear gas and used batons to quell hundreds of angry Kashmiris who accused Hindus of assaulting Muslims in a predominantly Hindu area in the Indian portion of Kashmir. (Dar Yasin / Associated Press)
A Spanish firefighter fights a brush fire at Castejon de Valdejasa, near Zaragoza. (Pedro Armestre / AFP/Getty Images)
An Angolan dancer wears colorful makeup during a performance at Angola Day in Zaragoza. (Jorge Zapata / EPA)
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Giani Gurbachan Singh is presented with turbans as a mark of respect during his appointment as the new Jathedar, or the Head Priest of Sri Akaal Takhat Saheb, which is the highest temporal seat for the Sikhs at the Golden Temple in Amritsar, India. (Raminder Pal Singh / EPA)
A newborn clawmonkey rests on the back of his mother in Artis Zoo in Amsterdam. The young monkey was born June 30. (Marcel Antonisse / AFP/Getty Images)
Iraqis walk near a painted cement block wall in the Shiite district of Sadr City, east of Baghdad. The wall was constructed by U.S and Iraqi army forces for security reasons. (Wathiq Khuzaie / Getty Images)
Lightning flashes in the night sky over South London, England. The storm brought a temporary end to the hot and humid weather with light rain and a cool breeze. (Dan Kitwood / Getty Images)
