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The cauldron with the Olympic Flame is seen past flags of Greece, IOC and Great Britain atop the Acropolis in Athens as Greece prepare to hand the flame over to officials from Britain. (AFP PHOTO/ POOL/ YANNIS BEHRAKIS)
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Greek presidental evzoni guards pass by Greek, Olympic and British flags during the handover ceremony of the Olympic flame.(AFP PHOTO / LOUISA GOULIAMAKI)
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A British Airways aircraft carrying the Olympic Flame arrives at RNAS Culdrose air base in Cornwall before beginning the Olympic flame relay at Land's End, the southwest tip of England, to begin an 8,000-mile (12,875-kilometre) journey around Britain, with a detour to also visit the Irish capital Dublin. It will culminate in the flame being brought to the Olympic Stadium for the opening of the Games on July 27. (AFP PHOTO / CARL COURT)
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Britain's Princess Anne, (2nd L) Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg (L) 2012 Chairman Lord Sebastain Coe (R) and former England footballer David Beckham (2nd R) arrive with the Olympic flame. (AFP Photo)
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Former England footballer David Beckham (C) lights the Olympic Torch. (AFP Photo)
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Former England footballer David Beckham (L) lights the Olympic torch. (AFP PHOTO / CARL COURT)
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Former England footballer David Beckham carries the Olympic torch. (AFP PHOTO / CARL COURT)
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British sailor Ben Ainslie, the first torchbearer waves holding the Olympic flame at Land's End, the southwesterly tip of England as he begins the first leg of the torch relay around Britain and Ireland. (AFP Photo)
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An Olympic Torch bearer waves on the beach near St Michael's Mount in Cornwall. (AFP PHOTO / CARL COURT)
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Olympic Torch bearers exchange the flame on the beach near St Michael's Mount in Cornwall. (AFP PHOTO / CARL COURT)
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Union Flag-painted finger nails holds the Olympic torch. (AFP Photo)
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People watch as an Olympic Torch bearer carries the torch through Newquay. (AFP PHOTO / CARL COURT)
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An Olympic Torch bearer carries the torch through Newquay. (AFP PHOTO / CARL COURT)
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Presenter, writer, adventurer and Olympic torchbearer, Ben Fogle, waves to photographers as he carries the Olympic flame on a hellium-filled baloon. (AFP PHOTO/LOCOG R)
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Presenter, writer and adventurer and torchbearer, Ben Fogle, holds the Olympic Torch at the Eden Project, the world's biggest indoor rainforest, in St Austell, Cornwall. (AFP Photo)
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