This week in the British Isles 本周英伦

  • 2012年 7月 20日

An eventful week for the UK as seen in pictures.

  • Spoon-billed sandpiper

    The spoon-billed sandpiper is among the world's most endangered birds 瀕危鳥類。 Two chicks have hatched in Gloucestershire, UK for the first time as part of a breeding programme 交配項目 to save the species from extinction 滅絕。

  • Extreme dancers

    A group of extreme dancers 極限舞蹈表演者 from New York performed at various London landmarks 地標（建築） as part of London Cultural Olympiad, the biggest cultural event in the world that surrounds the Olympics.

  • Olympics games makers

    London 2012 Games Makers 志願者 are ready to greet the Olympic athletes at Heathrow. Seventy thousand unpaid volunteers 無償志願者 take part in the event to give assistance to the athletes and spectators.

  • Belfast CowParade

    A nine-month-old baby has her picture taken on one of the fibreglass 玻璃纖維 cows in the Belfast CowParade. This is a public art exhibition 公開藝術展覽 that features 200 cow sculptures. 以200頭牛雕塑為主題。

  • Batman vehicle

    Batman」s vehicle is showcased 展出 in London Leicester Square at the premiere 在首映式上 of the Batman sequel, The Dark Knight Rises.

  • Google exhibition

    A 14-year-old boy controls an app called 「web orchestra」 from an iPad at the Google interactive exhibition 互動展覽, Web Lab, at the Science Museum in London.

  • Olympics lane

    The 2012 Olympics organisers have prepared clearly marked Olympic lanes 奧運專用車道 forming part of the Olympic Route Network 奧運路線網 to accommodate 滿足 the Games」 athletes and officials.