CELEBRATIONS of a major milestone on the road to the Glasgow 2014 games have taken place in 11 of the Commonwealth countries.
CELEBRATIONS of a major milestone on the road to the Glasgow 2014 games have taken place in 11 of the Commonwealth countries.
COUNTING DOWN: Commonwealth countries marked the milestone in a diverse range of locations.
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Young people from across the nations celebrated 500 days until the opening ceremony on July 23 next year by creating the number in large letters.
From the sunshine of Antigua to Australia, snowy Canada and cold London, athletes engraved the number. Gymnasts wrote the number in the Namibian desert, and it was also created on a beach. In St Helena, children wrote the number on a school field.
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