Shanghai Expo 2010 opening ceremony

Fireworks light up the sky during the opening ceremony Photograph: Pool Photograph: guardian.co.uk Singers welcome guests at the opening ceremony Photograph: Peter Parks/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Peter Parks/guardian.co.uk Fireworks explode over the World Expo Park Photograph: Cheng Min/AP Photograph: Cheng Min/guardian.co.uk Buildings are illuminated during the opening ceremony Photograph: Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photograph: Eugene Hoshiko/guardian.co.uk The opening ceremony of the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai Photograph: Li Mingfang/AP Photograph: Li Mingfang/guardian.co.uk The opening ceremony of the World Expo in Shanghai Photograph: Peter Parks/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Peter Parks/guardian.co.uk Artists perform during the opening ceremony of the World Expo in Shanghai Photograph: Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photograph: Eugene Hoshiko/guardian.co.uk A little boy climbs the flagpole near China Pavilion Photograph: Feng Li/Getty Images Photograph: Feng Li/guardian.co.uk Performers participate in the opening ceremony Photograph: Aly Song/Reuters Photograph: Aly Song/guardian.co.uk More fireworks explode over the Huangpu Photograph: Philippe Lopez/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Philippe Lopez/guardian.co.uk Fireworks illuminate the sky over China Pavilion and the Expo Axis Photograph: Feng Li/Getty Images Photograph: Feng Li/guardian.co.uk Dancers perform at the opening ceremony Photograph: Lu Xin/EPA Photograph: Lu Xin/guardian.co.uk A Buddhist monk watches the opening ceremony of the Shanghai World Expo Photograph: Aly Song/Reuters Photograph: Aly Song/guardian.co.uk Fireworks light up the Shanghai skyline Photograph: Ian Langsdon/AP Photograph: Ian Langsdon/guardian.co.uk Boats flying the flags of various nations and organizations sail down the Huangpu Photograph: Getty Photograph: guardian.co.uk Thousands of visitors watch during the opening ceremony of the Shanghai World Expo Photograph: Pool Photograph: guardian.co.uk Fireworks light up the Pudong skyline Photograph: Pool Photograph: guardian.co.uk People walk outside the entrance of the 2010 Shanghai World Expo site in front of the China pavilion Photograph: Diego Azubel/EPA