May 2 2008: Ken Livingstone tries to shake hands with his successor as mayor of London, Boris Johnson, at City Hall, after Johnson's election victoryPhotograph: Carl De Souza/AFPMay 3 2008: David Cameron, the Conservative leader, congratulates Johnson on becoming mayor at Tory HQ in central LondonPhotograph: Stefan Rousseau/PAMay 3 2008: Johnson signs the "declaration of acceptance of office for the mayor of London" at City HallPhotograph: Luke MacGregor/Reuters
May 5 2008: Johnson in his office at City HallPhotograph: Stefan Rousseau/PAMay 7 2008: Johnson is photographed aboard a tube trainPhotograph: Christian Sinibaldi/freelancerMay 13 2008: Johnson plants a pear tree in Brixton, south London, as part of his Make London Greener campaignPhotograph: Andy Rain/EPAMay 15 2008: The home secretary, Jacqui Smith, with Johnson, as Metropolitan police officers set up a stop and search operation at Elephant and Castle train station in south LondonPhotograph: John Stillwell/PAMay 31 2008: Londoners dressed as Johnson enjoy one last night of drinking on the tube before the ban on consumption of alcohol on public transport came into effect on June 1. Thousands of revellers joined in the Circle line party, organised on Facebook, against the mayor's new ban, an attempt to clear up unruly behaviourPhotograph: Teri Pengilley/freelancerJune 18 2008: Johnson plays tennis with Serbian ace Novak Djokavic at a publicity eventPhotograph: Martin Godwin/freelancerJune 18 2008: Johnson and Djokavic playing tennisPhotograph: Martin Godwin/freelancerJune 23 2008: Johnson reveals the artists chosen for the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square, Antony Gormley (left) and Yinka ShonibarePhotograph: Linda Nylind/freelancerJuly 3 2008: Johnson holds a news conference with Ray Lewis, his deputy mayor for young people. Lewis was eventually forced to stand down following allegations of financial and personal misconductPhotograph: Stefan Rousseau/PAJuly 5 2008: Johnson puts on a pink stetson hat at the Gay Pride parade in LondonPhotograph: Peter Macdiarmid/GettyJuly 7 2008: The third anniversary of the July 7 2005 terrorist attacks. From left: Network Rail chief executive Iain Coucher, London Underground managing director Tim O'Toole, Johnson, Olympics minister Tessa JowellPhotograph: Stefan Rousseau/PAJuly 29 2008: Johnson shares a joke with a police officer while visiting young people at Brixton Youth Centre. The mayor announced £700,000 funding for anti-crime youth projects in the capital, to help young people avoid becoming involved in gun and knife crimePhotograph: Cate Gillon/GettyAugust 1 2008: Johnson meets British Transport police at Finsbury Park Underground station to announce BTP neighbourhood policing teams. The teams are intended to provide a highly visible presence at tube stations in LondonPhotograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA
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