Scrolls carrying good wishes to the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games are displayed to welcome the Olympic flame at the McCovey Cove, the start of the Olympic torch relay in San Francisco, the United States, April 9, 2008. San Francisco is the sixth stop of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games torch relay outside the Chinese mainland.

Dragon and lion dances are staged to welcome the Olympic flame at the McCovey Cove, the start of the Olympic torch relay in San Francisco, the United States, April 9, 2008. San Francisco is the sixth stop of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games torch relay outside the Chinese mainland.

 (Xinhua News Agency April 10, 2008)