Photo Gallery Securing the Olympics
China has said that politics don't belong at the Olympic Games. And has done what it can to keep it that way. Here, a plainclothes policeman peeks around the corner at journalists interviewing people applying for protest permits.
Chinese authorities received 77 applications for protests. None of them have been approved. Policemen in civilian dress kept a close eye on the proceedings.
A security officer films a woman outside a Public Security Bureau in Beijing where she was applying for a protest permit.
Police have been quick to nip political protests in the bud at the Olympics. Here, a policeman detains a woman who had unfurled a Tibetan flag in the Ethnic Culture Park in Beijing.
Protesters wearing "Free Tibet" T-shirts chained their bicycles to the gates of a park last week.
Here, a woman is removed from the crowd during equestrian events in Hong Kong. She had unfurled a Tibetan flag.
An armored personnel carrier has been parked outside the main press center in Beijing almost since the start of the Games.
The message has been clear: Enjoy the sports, but leave your politics at home.
A policeman stands on Tiananmen Square.
