Delhi 2010 — City Preparation & Decoration

A stray dog walks past a billboard for the upcoming Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, India, Sunday, Sept. 26, 2010. Two more Australian athletes withdrew Sunday from the troubled Commonwealth Games citing security and health concerns, as organizers struggled to finish the long-overdue athletes' village amid continuing complaints about cleanliness and construction problems.

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A stray dog trots past a banner installed on a roadside near the Commonwealth Games athletes village in New Delhi September 24, 2010. There have been reports of stray dogs, stagnant water, workers urinating in public, and human feces being found at the unfinished village where the athletes will live.

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NEW DELHI, INDIA - SEPTEMBER 25: Indian labourers work to install banners advertising the Commonwealth Games on a road leading to the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium on September 25, 2010 in New Delhi, India. Workers all across Delhi are scrambling to complete last minute preparations for the upcoming Commonwealth Games.

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An Indian Central Reserve Police Force serviceman keeps watch next to a banner for the forthcoming Commonwealth Games in New Delhi on September 27, 2010. Organisers of the Commonwealth Games scrambled to finish facilities and reassure athletes amid warnings much work still had to be done in New Delhi just a week before the opening ceremony. Problems facing the Games range from shabby accommodation to security fears, an outbreak of dengue fever and doubts about public safety after the collapse September 22 of a new footbridge next to the main stadium.

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Civilians walk past a backdrop of the games mascot Shera, near the Commonwealth Games village in New Delhi, India, Sunday, Sept. 26, 2010. Two more Australian athletes withdrew Sunday from the troubled Commonwealth Games citing security and health concerns, as organizers struggled to finish the long-overdue athletes' village amid continuing complaints about cleanliness and construction problems.

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An Indian street vendor sleeps in front of a hoarding of the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi on September 24, 2010. Crisis-hit New Delhi has welcomed its first Commonwealth Games athletes as organisers raced against time to rescue the event amid claims the city should never have been chosen. The Commonwealth Games Federation signalled that conditions were finally improving, but that there was still work to do after the athletes' village was described as 'uninhabitable' earlier in the week.

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An Indian para-military force soldier stands guard at the Jawaharlal Nehru stadium, one of the main venues of the Commonwealth Games, in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010. Indian officials scrambled Thursday to salvage the rapidly approaching Commonwealth Games as a growing number of competitors delayed their arrival to allow organizers time to finish their frantic preparations.

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