北京奧運由五大洲聖火傳遞揭開序幕，但因最近西藏暴動事件剛剛落幕，聖火所到之處，像巴黎、倫敦和舊金山都碰到大規模示威群眾，這也成為各大媒體的重點新聞：

Paris Protests Disrupt Torch Relay（巴黎抗議，中斷火炬傳遞）耟華盛頓郵報

San Francisco Takes Olympic Torch Off-Route（舊金山奧運聖火傳遞改道）/華盛頓郵報

As Torch Reaches San Francisco, It Runs for Cover Before Its Run（火炬送抵舊金山，躲代跑）/紐約時報

Olympics in 'crisis' over torch relay chaos, IOC admits（國際奧會承認，聖火傳遞混亂，奧運出現「危機」）/泰晤士報

Official Vows to Continue Torch Relay（官方誓言續送聖火）/紐約時報

IOC: Athletes Will Be Allowed to Speak Freely（國際奧會：運動員可自由發言）/華盛頓郵報

Dalai Lama is a man you can do business with, Bush tells China（布希告訴中方：達賴喇嘛是可以交往的那種人）/ 泰晤士報

Australian PM Kevin Rudd warns China over human rights abuses in Tibet（中國侵犯西藏人權，澳洲總理陸克文警告）/泰晤士報

Let the Games Go On（讓奧運辦下去）/華盛頓郵報社論

US Olympic torch relay descends into farce（美國奧運聖火傳遞淪為鬧劇）/泰晤士報

Olympic torch may burn sponsors（奧運聖火可能燒到主辦國）/洛杉磯時報

Olympics to 'rebound from crisis' （奧運化危機為轉機）/BBC

The Olympic Torch's Tortured Trip（奧運火炬坎坷之旅）/時代雜誌

Olympic "Journey of Harmony" Takes a Political Turn（奧運「和睦之旅」因政治轉向）/時代雜誌

No Trouble for Olympic Torch in Buenos Aires, to Organizers' Relief（布宜諾斯艾利斯聖火沒問題，主辦單位鬆口氣）/紐約時報

Bush Unlikely to Boycott Olympics（布希不可能抵制奧運）/洛杉磯時報