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Festivities around the world on Apr. 18 marked the 100-day countdown to the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games.
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260 Guardsmen from the Grenadier, Coldstream, Scots and Welsh Guards pose for a photograph as they form the number 100, to mark 100 days to go to the London 2012 Olympic Games, on Horse Guards Parade in central London April 16, 2012. The photograph was taken to mark the 100 days milestone which is on April 18, 2012. Photograph taken on April 16, 2012. REUTERS/LOCOG/Handout
Participants run in a 100 metres race to mark 100 days before the start of the London Olympics during an event at Palace Square in St. Petersburg April 18, 2012. The event was organised by British diplomats in Russia's second city and featured local sports stars and consular staff, local media reported. REUTERS/Alexander Demianchuk (RUSSIA - Tags: SOCIETY SPORT OLYMPICS)
West End theater workers and performers dance in front of the Olympic countdown clock to mark the 100-day countdown, in Trafalgar Square, central London, Wednesday, April 18, 2012. With 100 days to go until the 2012 London Olympics, the city's theater community is increasingly confident that culture won't suffer during a summer devoted to celebrating sport. (AP Photo/PA, John Stillwell) UNITED KINGDOM OUT, NO SALES, NO ARCHIVE
Tourists take photographs of The London 2012 Olympic countdown clock showing 100 days to go in Trafalgar Square on April 18, 2012 in London, England. The opening ceremony of the games will take place on July 27, 2012. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)
Tae Kwon Do instructor Ian Monaghan poses for a photograph with four-year-old Grace Currie during an event to mark the 100 day point before the opening ceremony for the London 2012 Olympic Games, in Edinburgh, Scotland April 18, 2012. REUTERS/David Moir (BRITAIN - Tags: SPORT OLYMPICS TAEKWONDO)
An Olympic 'torch bearer' holds a London 2012 Olympic torch in Kew Gardens on April 18, 2012 in London, England. Kew Gardens unveiled today a Giant Olympic rings installation made up of at least 20,000 plants and flowers to celebrate one hundred days till the opening ceremony of The London 2012 Olympic Games on July 27 and to announce the official motto as "Inspire a generation." (Photo by Oli Scarff/Getty Images)
Chairman of London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, Sebastian Coe plants an oak tree at Kew Royal Botanic Gardens in London to mark 100 days before the start of the London 2012 Olympic Games, Wednesday, April 18, 2012. The opening ceremony will take place on July 27, 2012. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)
Olympic rings made up of 25,000 flowers are seen at Kew Gardens in London April 18, 2012. The rings were unveiled on Wednesday to mark the 100 day point before the opening ceremony for the London 2012 Olympic Games, and standing inside the rings were torchbearers, games makers, London 2012 Festival participants and parents of TeamGB athletes. REUTERS/ Lewis Whyld/Pool (BRITAIN - Tags: SOCIETY SPORT OLYMPICS)
Children stand on a giant sand castle built on Weymouth beach to mark 100 days to go to the London 2012 Olympic Games, in Weymouth, southern England April 16, 2012. Weymouth and Portland will host the Olympic and Paralympic sailing at the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The photograph was taken to mark the 100 days milestone which is on April 18, 2012. Photograph taken on April 16, 2012. REUTERS/LOCOG/Handout (BRITAIN - Tags: SPORT OLYMPICS SOCIETY) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS
People pass by an artwork painted on a wall in East London depicting the Olympic rings which was created by a street art organisation called \"The Toasters\" April 18, 2012. The Toasters are releasing a limited edition screen print of the design to mark the 100 day point before the opening ceremony for the London 2012 Olympic Games. REUTERS/Kevin Coombs (BRITAIN - Tags: SPORT OLYMPICS)
British and Filipino embassy staff, led by British Ambassador to the Philippines Stephen Lillie, third from right, front row, make the ceremonial 100m race to mark the 100 days countdown to the 2012 London Olympics Wednesday April 18, 2012 at the financial district of Makati city east of Manila, Philippines. Four Filipinos were chosen as Olympic torch bearers and six athletes were qualified for the Games. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
Schoolchildren form the number 100 to mark to mark the 100 day point before the opening ceremony for the London 2012 Olympic Games, on the lawn of Belfast City Hall April 18, 2012. REUTERS/Cathal McNaughton (NORTHERN IRELAND - Tags: SOCIETY SPORT OLYMPICS)
German Paralympic competitor Heinrich Popow, right, participates a 100 meter race at Berlin's landmark Brandenburg Gate, Wednesday, April 18, 2012. The race was organized by the British embassy in Berlin 100 days ahead of the London 2012 Olympics, in which athletes and employees of the embassy participated. (AP Photo/dapd, Paul Zinken)
A Bosnian girl, seen between two advertising boards for the London Olympic Games, runs during a 100 meters race, organized by Embassy of The United Kingdom to Bosnia and Herzegovina, in Sarajevo, on Wednesday, April 18, 2012. Britains Foreign office organized 100 meters races in 100 cities worldwide to mark 100 days until beginning of the 2012 Summer Olympic Games, hosted by the city of London. (AP Photo/Amel Emric)
Chinese people celebrate during a Coca-Cola ceremony to mark 100-day countdown to London 2012 Olympic Games at National Stadium, also known as the Bird's Nest, on April 18, 2012 in Beijing, China. The opening ceremony of London 2012 Olympic Games will take place on July 27, 2012. (Photo by Feng Li/Getty Images)
