More than 50,000 people visited the exhibit June 5 to see the eight pandas selected for this summer’s Beijing Olympics make their first public appearance. The pandas arrived safely in Beijing after a long journey from their damaged reserve near the epicenter of last month’s earthquake. (Andy Wong / Associated Press)
An employee of the zoo plays with one of the newcomers. (Feng Li / Getty Images)
A young visitor poses with a sprawling panda. (Peter Parks / AFP/Getty Images)
A zoo employee enjoys a moment with several of the animals. The displaced pandas, each 2 years old, are surrounded by grass, trees and waterfalls evocative of their natural habitat in Sichuan province. (Feng Li / Getty Images)
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Giant pandas lounge and enjoy bamboo. They will spend the next six months at the zoo on a special Olympics visit. (Feng Li / Getty Images)
