These were taken in April last year in San Francisco when the Olympic Flame arrived in the city. I heard about it on the news that morning in my hostel, had to see that, grabbed my camera and headed down the the waterfront!
Thousands of people turned out to both see the Flame and to demonstrate against the China's hosting of the Olympics. SF has a large Chinese population so the pro and anti Chinese sentiments ran pretty high. The authorities, worried about the demonstration getting out of hand, kept changing the route of the Flame and, with rumours spreading like Chinese (sorry, couldn't resist) Whispers, the crowds spent the whole day running around the city chasing the Flame. I didn't manage to catch a glimpse of it at all. Met some pretty interesting characters though!
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