500 days to Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games
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It is 500 days until the Commonwealth Games will be held in Glasgow. There will be 71 nations and territories taking part in the games in July next year.
The games federation marked the landmark by taking photos with a 500 theme in Commonwealth locations. This is a group of young gymnasts in the dunes of the Namib Desert in Namibia.
Primary schoolchildren from Anguilla pose on the beach at Crocus Bay. Anguilla is a British overseas territory in the Caribbean. It attended its first Games in 1998 in Kuala Lumpur, competing in the athletics, before taking part in Manchester 2002, Melbourne 2006 and Delhi 2010 in athletics and cycling.
Students from Ecoles élémentaire Catholique Saint-Viateur, Limoges, in Ontario, Canada, spell out '500 Jours'. Canada became a member of the Commonwealth in 1931 and remains one of only six countries who have attended all of the Commonwealth Games since the first in 1930, which was hosted by the Canadian city of Hamilton in Ontario.
Students from St Andrews High School in St Helena mark the 500-day milestone. St Helena, a UK overseas territory in the South Atlantic, is one of the most remote participants in the Commonwealth Games. It lies 1,931km from Africa, the closest continent, and can only be accessed by the RMS St Helena the last remaining Royal Mail ship. St Helena has participated in the Commonwealth Games since 1982.
A group in the Cayman Islands join in the celebration. A British overseas territory located in the western Caribbean Sea, the Cayman Islands made their debut in the 1978 Games in Edmonton.
Frankie Jones, of Wales, Commonwealth Games silver medallist, marks the 500 days.
Youngsters in Guernsey mark the 500-day milestone with shuttlecocks at a badminton lesson. The second largest of the Channel Islands, Guernsey is situated some 80 miles south of the English mainland. The islands lie adjacent to the coast of France and the Bailiwick of Guernsey includes the smaller Channel Islands of Alderney, Sark, Herm and Jethou. The island has attended every Commonwealth Games since the Edinburgh Games of 1970.
Hurdler Sally Pearson celebrates with school children in Sydney, Australia.