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Pandas eat bamboo shoots in their enclosure as people visit the Beijing Zoo ahead of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games August 5, 2008. 

 

People watch pandas eat bamboo shoots at the Beijing Zoo ahead of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games August 5, 2008. [Agencies] 

 

People take pictures of a panda ahead of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games at the Beijing Zoo August 5, 2008. [Agencies] 

Eight pandas from the Wolong Giant Panda Reserve in Sichuan Province arrived in Beijing on May 24. They are on show for tourists during the Olympic Games, until November. The visit was planned long before the earthquake struck 12 days ago.

(China Daily August 5, 2008)

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