Videos: Phelps, politics, protests

Al-Jazeera: 70 year old Beijing resident He Linyuan has taken close to 10,000 photographs of the Bird's Nest

Al-Jazeera: Dan Nolan reports from the Danjiangkou reservoir in Hubei province on the government's controversial and costly engineering project to transfer water from south to north to feed the Chinese capital.

AP: The mother and sisters of Michael Phelps on his chances at the Beijing Olympics

AP: Bush balances Olympics and diplomacy in Beijing

AP: Members of the US basketball team visit the Great Wall

AP: The US Olympic Committee takes over a part of the Beijing Normal University

NoCommentTV: Protests in Kathmandu, Nepal on the opening day of the Olympics

NoCommentTV: Tibetans in Dharamsala, India march through the streets in prayers one day before the Olympics open

WSJ: Beijing realises it has to mind its manners as China opens its doors to the world

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