Olympic rings around UK - in pictures

A torchbearer poses with the Olympic flame on a torch relay leg for the London 2012 Olympic Games at Kew Gardens in westLondon Photograph: -/AFP/Getty Images

A flower arrangement depicting the Olympic rings in Downing Street Photograph: Andrew Cowie/AFP/Getty Images

Pedestrians walk in the rain past Tower Bridge where the Olympic rings are on display Photograph: Jae C. Hong/AP

Torchbearer and former Paralympian Sarah Winckless carries the Olympic flame at the London 2012 Olympic rowing venue Eton Dorney in Buckinghamshire Photograph: LOCOG/LOCOG via Getty Images

The Olympic rings are seen at the top of Box Hill in Surrey, which is on the route of the Olympic Games cycling road races Photograph: Bryn Lennon/Getty Images

Patrons dine below the Olympic rings at a coffee shop at Heathrow airport Photograph: Charlie Riedel/AP

Giant Olympic rings behind the statue of Sir Matt Busby on the front of Old Trafford football ground, home to Manchester United, which is staging Olympic Games football matches Photograph: John Giles/PA

Members of Great Britain's Olympic delegation pose in front of a set of Olympic rings after an official flag-raising ceremony in the Olympic village Photograph: John Macdougall/AFP/Getty Images

Peter Burling and Blair Tuke of New Zealand train near the Olympic rings in Weymouth and Portland Photograph: Benoit Tessier/Reuters

A team of shire horses mows Olympic rings into the grass at Richmond Park in London Photograph: Uncredited/AP

The rings are displayed on the Tyne Bridge in Newcastle Photograph: Stu Forster/Getty Images

John Biggins, of Australia, takes pictures of the Olympic rings positioned on a barge and reflected in the river Thames Photograph: Jae C. Hong/AP

The Olympic rings at St Pancras railway station in central London Photograph: Ryan Pierse/Getty Images

A boy runs in front of the Olympic logo at Cardiff town hall Photograph: Luca Bruno/AP

The Olympic rings near the Basketball Arena at the Olympic Park Photograph: Jae C. Hong/AP

The Olympic rings in Coventry, central England Photograph: Hussein Malla/AP

The London 2012 athletes' village Photograph: Leon Neal/AFP/Getty Images