Dublin: 11 °C Saturday 22 February, 2025
Advertisement
Trending:

Tags

See other tags

Tags

The week in photos: Torch songs

This is the week that was, in photo…

Jun 2nd 2012, 11:00 AM 1,683 Views 3 Comments

THIS IS THE week that was, in photos…

The week in photos: Torch songs
1 / 10

  • Joy and pride

    Torchbearer 079 Emily Woodward carries the Olympic Flame on the Torch Relay leg through Warrington, England. (Gareth Fuller/LOCOG/Press Association Images)

  • Ode to the islander

    Barry Edgar Pilcher puts up a poster in his living room which was a polling station for the Fiscal Compact referendum on Inishfree Island, off Donegal. (Niall Carson/PA Wire)

  • Don't give up

    Qiu Jianjun indulges in a special type of athletic endeavour - he competed for five years for the right to use a BMW 1 Series car in Chengdu, Sichuan, China. He had to keep a hands on the stickers and had only a 15-minute break every four hours. (CDSB/ChinaFotoPress/PA Wire)

  • Symphony of light

    Fireworks burst over the Golden Gate Bridge as part of the span's 75th anniversary celebration last Sunday. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

  • Golden opportunity

    Model Portia Okocha wears a gold necklace designed by goldsmiths Wright & Teague, commissioned to appear at the Goldsmiths' Company exhibition, Gold: Power and Allure. (Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire)

  • Starlight tunnel

    A general view of Dapingshan tunnel in Quanzhou, Fujian, China where 1,000m long small bulbs were installed in the 1,524m long tunnel, to bring joy to drivers and passengers. (Xie Mingfei/ChinaFotoPress/PA Wire)

  • Trailblazer

    Gallery visitor Phoebe Moore looks at artist Henry Moore's Large Two Forms (1966). (Max Nash/PA Wire)

  • Tweet music

    A thrush looks out from its unusual nest inside a traffic light in Leeds city centre this week. (Anna Gowthorpe/PA Wire)

  • Earth song

    Children stand in a multimedia installation about global warming's effect on glaciers at the Green Nation Fest environmental show in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)

  • Song for the departed

    An Egyptian flowers vendor in front of graffiti depicting president Hosni Mubarak, two days before Mubarak is to hear the verdict on charges of corruption and complicity in killing protesters during last year's uprising. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
  • Torchbearer 079 Emily Woodward carries the Olympic Flame on the Torch Relay leg through Warrington, England. (Gareth Fuller/LOCOG/Press Association Images)
  • Barry Edgar Pilcher puts up a poster in his living room which was a polling station for the Fiscal Compact referendum on Inishfree Island, off Donegal. (Niall Carson/PA Wire)
  • Qiu Jianjun indulges in a special type of athletic endeavour - he competed for five years for the right to use a BMW 1 Series car in Chengdu, Sichuan, China. He had to keep a hands on the stickers and had only a 15-minute break every four hours. (CDSB/ChinaFotoPress/PA Wire)
  • Fireworks burst over the Golden Gate Bridge as part of the span's 75th anniversary celebration last Sunday. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
  • Model Portia Okocha wears a gold necklace designed by goldsmiths Wright & Teague, commissioned to appear at the Goldsmiths' Company exhibition, Gold: Power and Allure. (Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire)
  • A general view of Dapingshan tunnel in Quanzhou, Fujian, China where 1,000m long small bulbs were installed in the 1,524m long tunnel, to bring joy to drivers and passengers. (Xie Mingfei/ChinaFotoPress/PA Wire)
  • Gallery visitor Phoebe Moore looks at artist Henry Moore's Large Two Forms (1966). (Max Nash/PA Wire)
  • A thrush looks out from its unusual nest inside a traffic light in Leeds city centre this week. (Anna Gowthorpe/PA Wire)
  • Children stand in a multimedia installation about global warming's effect on glaciers at the Green Nation Fest environmental show in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)
  • An Egyptian flowers vendor in front of graffiti depicting president Hosni Mubarak, two days before Mubarak is to hear the verdict on charges of corruption and complicity in killing protesters during last year's uprising. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

See previous editions of The week in photos>

About the author:

About the author
Susan Daly
susandaly@thejournal.ie

Contribute to this story:

Send a Correction

Read next:

COMMENTS (3)

    ∞

    About Us

    Follow Us

    Corrections

    Policies

    Content copyright © Journal Media Ltd. 2025 Registered in Dublin, registration number: 483623. Registered office: 3rd floor, Latin Hall, Golden Lane, Dublin 8.

    TheJournal.ie supports the work of the Press Council of Ireland and the Office of the Press Ombudsman, and our staff operate within the Code of Practice. You can obtain a copy of the Code, or contact the Council, at www.presscouncil.ie, PH: (01) 6489130, Lo-Call 1890 208 080 or email: info@presscouncil.ie
     

    Please note that TheJournal.ie uses cookies to improve your experience and to provide services and advertising. For more information on cookies please refer to our cookies policy.

    News images provided by Press Association and Photocall Ireland unless otherwise stated. Irish sport images provided by Inpho Photography unless otherwise stated. Wire service provided by Associated Press.

    Journal Media does not control and is not responsible for user created content, posts, comments, submissions or preferences. Users are reminded that they are fully responsible for their own created content and their own posts, comments and submissions and fully and effectively warrant and indemnify Journal Media in relation to such content and their ability to make such content, posts, comments and submissions available. Journal Media does not control and is not responsible for the content of external websites.

    Switch to Mobile Site

    Sites: TheJournal.ie | Noteworthy | The 42 | Boards.ie | Adverts.ie | Daft.ie