Olympic Torch Relay begins across the UK

Torchbearers pass the Olympic flame on the beach in front of St. Michael's Mount at Marazion near Penzance in Cornwall, southwest England, May 19, 2012. Some 8000 runners are participating in the Olympic Torch Relay which will cover over 8000 miles throughout Britain, Northern Ireland and Ireland over the next ten weeks before the London 2012 Olympics. [Photo / Agencies]

Large crowds watch as a torchbearer runs in the Olympic Torch Relay in Torquay in southwest England, May 19, 2012.[Photo / Agencies]