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| The Olympic Athletics Stadium in Stratford, London |
All eyes turn to London on Friday for the Olympic opening ceremony, a three-hour showcase set to be watched by more than a billion people.
The three-hour showcase created by Oscar-winning "Slumdog Millionaire" director Danny Boyle will be watched by a crowd of 60,000 in the main stadium built in a run-down area of London's East End and a global audience of more than a billion.
Spectators will be urged to join in sing-a-longs and help create spectacular visual scenes at an event that sets the tone for the sporting extravaganza, when 16,000 athletes from 204 countries share the thrill of victory and despair of defeat with 11 million visitors.
London is the only city to host the summer games three times.
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