London Aquatics Centre opens for business – in pictures

A diver assumes the missile position as he returns to the surface Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Guardian

The Greek pair of Alexandros Manos and Stefanos Paparounas in their matching, and rather natty, blue and white swimming trunks Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Guardian

The crowd watch the women's 10m platform preliminary on the first day of competition Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Guardian

The Japansese pair of Yu Okamoto and Sho Sakai Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Guadian

Jin Ok Kim of North Korea does the professional equivalent of the cannonball during the women’s 10m platform preliminary Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Guardian

A cameraman gets dangerously close to the water's edge as Team GB's Monique Gladding exits after her final dive Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Guardian

Team GB's Christopher Mears and Nick Robinson-Baker head for the surface after their dive in the mens synchronised 3m springboard preliminary Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Guardian

The silhouette of one of the women divers during the 10m platform preliminary Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Guardian

An Italian diver gets close to the end of her dive before realising that there probably should be water underneath Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Guardian