Despite Beijing’s meticulous preparations to make this summer’s Olympics a showcase of China’s economic boom, the games have become a magnet for critics of the Chinese government’s human rights record, its recent crackdown on riots in Tibet and its foreign policies in Sudan. Protests around the world threaten to disrupt the Olympic torch relay, billed by Beijing as a harmonic journey. Our interactive map and photo galleries chart how the torch travels 136,000km around the world and how it is received in some of the cities.



