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 | A Chinese man walks past covered props under the Bird's Nest National Stadium where the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games will be held in August, in Beijing, Thursday, July 17, 2008 click to open  |  | Fireworks explode near the Olympic National Stadium, known as Bird's Nest during a rehearsal for the opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, which on Aug. 8 in Beijing, China, Wednesday, July 16, 2008 click to open  |  | Fireworks explode above the Olympic National Stadium, known as Bird's Nest during a rehearsal for the opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, which on Aug. 8 in Beijing, China, Wednesday, July 16, 2008 click to open  |  | Fireworks explode near the Olympic National Stadium, known as Bird's Nest during a rehearsal for the opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, which on Aug. 8 in Beijing, China, Wednesday, July 16, 2008 click to open  |  | Fireworks lights up the skyline near the Olympic National Stadium, known as Bird's Nest during a rehearsal for the opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, which on Aug. 8 in Beijing, China, Wednesday, July 16, 2008 click to open  |  | Fireworks are set off during a rehearsal of the opening ceremony at the Bird Nest National Stadium in Beijing, China, Wednesday, July 16, 2008. Full dress rehearsals are in conducted under a cloak of secrecy ahead of one of the most anticipated summer Olympic Games click to open  |  | Performers gather outside the National Stadium, known as the Bird's Nest, during a rehearsal for the Olympic Games opening ceremony, in Beijing Tuesday July 15, 2008. Secretive rehearsals are underway in the stadium to make sure the opening ceremony, a show involving a cast of thousands, goes on without a hitch on August 8. click to open  |
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