 | Hong Kong horse rider Cheng Man-kit lights the Olympic flame on horseback during the torch relay in front of a billboard illustrating the Olympic equestrian venue at Shatin race track in Hong Kong May 2, 2008. The territory will hold the equestrian event of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games in August. click to open  |
 | A policeman takes photos of the crowd as they wait to watch the Olympic torch relay in Hong Kong May 2, 2008. The Olympic torch was run through Hong Kong on Friday in a festive return to China after a troubled world tour, but tensions flared as patriotic crowds heckled protesters and police briefly detained eight activists. click to open |
 | Gymnasts perform at the opening ceremony of the Hong Kong leg of the Olympic Torch Relay May 2, 2008. The Olympic flame will be paraded through Hong Kong on Friday to a largely welcoming public and isolated protests. click to open |
 | Hong Kong action star Jackie Chan reads a note beside Jin Jing, a Chinese Paralympic fencer who was one of the Paris torchbearers, during the 100-day Beijing Olympic countdown celebration at the 4th Music Award of the Games of the XXIX Olympiad at the Working People's Cultural Palace inside the Forbidden City in Beijing April 30, 2008. click to open |
 | Pro-Free Tibet demonstrator Christina Chan shouts slogans as she is driven away in a police van just before the Beijing Olympics 2008 torch is carried through Hong Kong May 2, 2008. click to open |
 | Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters chant slogans during the Olympic torch relay in Hong Kong May 2, 2008. The Hong Kong relay leg became the flame's first stop on Chinese soil following its protest-marred global tour. Three thousand Hong Kong police will guard the torch during its eight-hour relay in the city on Friday, with police officials warning they will not tolerate any violence and that the flying of Tibetan flags during the torch relay might be an offence. click to open |
 | A China supporter chants slogans during the Olympic torch relay in Hong Kong May 2, 2008. The Hong Kong relay leg became the flame's first stop on Chinese soil following its protest-marred global tour. Three thousand Hong Kong police will guard the torch during its eight-hour relay in the city on Friday, with police officials warning they will not tolerate any violence and that the flying of Tibetan flags during the torch relay might be an offence. click to open |
 | Police officers try to protect pro-democracy protesters after the Olympic torch passes nearby in Hong Kong May 2, 2008. The Hong Kong relay leg became the flame's first stop on Chinese soil following its protest-marred global tour. Three thousand Hong Kong police will guard the torch during its eight-hour relay in the city on Friday, with police officials warning they will not tolerate any violence and that the flying of Tibetan flags during the torch relay might be an offence. click to open |
 | Hong Kong's only Olympic gold medallist, windsurfer Lee Lai Shan, begins the torch relay in Hong Kong. The Olympic torch made a trouble-free journey through the streets of Hong Kong, kicking off the final Chinese leg of a worldwide journey. click to open |
 | The Olympic torch (centre) is paraded along Nathan Road in the Tsim Sha Tsui district of Hong Kong. The Olympic torch made a trouble-free journey through the streets of Hong Kong, kicking off the final Chinese leg of a worldwide journey. click to open |
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