A man works next to the illuminated National Aquatics Center, known as "The Water Cube", on January 18, 2008. An Olympic test event will be held there on January 31, and the venue is set to be decked with more colorful lights.

A man works next to the illuminated National Aquatics Center, known as "The Water Cube", on January 18, 2008. An Olympic test event will be held there on January 31, and the venue is set to be decked with more colorful lights.

Water was poured into the swimming pools in the National Aquatics Center, or the Water Cube, on January 9, 2008.

(CRI January 19, 2008)