In pictures: Beijing wins 2008 Olympics

The announcement that it had won the right to host the 2008 Olympic Games was greeted with jubilation in China.

Many Chinese still remember the disappointment of eight years ago when it lost the bid narrowly to Sydney.

Chinese students celebrate at Beijing's Millennium Monument after hearing the news

...a joy shared by their delegation in Moscow

Fireworks explode and flags are hoisted in Beijing

... and the city's elated mayor is inundated with requests for interviews

IOC President Juan Antonio Samaranch, left, congratulates Chinese IOC member He Zhenliang after making the announcement

In Taiwan, China supporters break out the champagne

But Canadian Olympian Marnie McBean is heartbroken by the news of Toronto's failure to win the bid