STUNNING STUNT: Students from a martial arts school perform during a rehearsal for the opening ceremony of the Nanjing Youth Olympics on August 14 (WANG SONG)

AT YOUR SERVICE: Volunteers help an Egyptian journalist get set up at the Main Media Center of the Nanjing Youth Olympics on August 14 (CHEN YEHUA)

MAKING MUSIC: Floflo Daniel (right), a beach volleyball athlete from Vanuatu, plays guzheng—a traditional Chinese musical instrument—at the Chinese Culture Booth in the Youth Olympic Village in Nanjing on August 14 (XINHUA)

FLAME OF UNITY: The main torch burns during the opening ceremony of the Nanjing Youth Olympics on August 16 (OU DONGQU)

LAST HURRAH: Australian athlete Brittany Dutton races to the finish line during the women's triathlon final on August 17. Dutton won gold in the event, the first of the Nanjing Youth Olympics (LI XIANG)