Shanghai World Expo 2010

Fireworks illuminate the sky over China Pavilion (R) and the Expo Axis (L) during the opening ceremony of the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai Photograph: Feng Li/Getty Images Photograph: Feng Li/guardian.co.uk Boats carrying the national flags of participating countries sail past the largest LED screen ever made Photograph: Philippe Lopez/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Philippe Lopez/guardian.co.uk Shanghai residents assemble outside the Expo Axis (L) waiting for the fireworks performance Photograph: Feng Li/Getty Images Photograph: Feng Li/guardian.co.uk A boy climbs a flagpole Photograph: Feng Li/Getty Images Photograph: Feng Li/guardian.co.uk Fireworks illuminate Shanghai's night sky Photograph: Philippe Lopez/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Philippe Lopez/guardian.co.uk Dancers put on a show at the Expo performance centre Photograph: Lu Xin/EPA Photograph: Lu Xin/guardian.co.uk Performers participate in the opening ceremony Photograph: Aly Song/Reuters Photograph: Aly Song/guardian.co.uk Dancers are pretty in pink as they perform during the opening ceremony Photograph: Aly Song/Reuters Photograph: Aly Song/guardian.co.uk Ballet dancers take to the stage Photograph: AFP/Getty Images Photograph: guardian.co.uk Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli sings during the opening ceremony Photograph: Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photograph: Eugene Hoshiko/guardian.co.uk Performers in Shanghai World Expo mascot "haibao" costumes Photograph: Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photograph: Eugene Hoshiko/guardian.co.uk Variety of singers and dancers perform at the Expo performance centre Photograph: AFP/Getty Images Photograph: guardian.co.uk The Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas (L) shakes hands with the Chinese president, Hu Jintao, at a welcome ceremony for foreign leaders Photograph: Alexander F. Yuan/AP Photograph: Alexander F. Yuan/guardian.co.uk National flags of various nations and organisations taking part in Expo 2010 are raised Photograph: Larry Leung/EPA Photograph: Larry Leung/guardian.co.uk The French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, and his wife, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, walk in the French pavilion, during a visit at the Shanghai World Expo site Photograph: Ian Langsdon/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Ian Langsdon/guardian.co.uk