Beautiful fireworks at the "Bird's Nest" 
A lavish ceremony opened the XXIX Olympiad of the modern era with thousands of athletes from 202 countries filing into the Beijing National Stadium.
After President Hu Jintao officially declared the Games open more than 10,000 athletes representing countries from around the world accepted to uphold the Olympic oath proclaimed by a Chinese athlete before a crowd of 90,000 spectators.
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