Zoom out to wide view tall buildings and skyscrapers in Beijing, People's Republic of China. Traffic passes across a busy network of roads in the foreground.

New Delhi, India: Cars and scooters driving past the camera on a busy road.

Manhattan, New York City, USA: A businesswoman with short dark hair, talking on a mobile phone while walking along a busy sidewalk.

Tokyo, Japan: Pedestrian crossing, on busy city road junction with shops in the background.

Crowds of pedestrians crossing a busy street in Tokyo, Japan.

Tokyo, Japan: Wide view of a busy city street pedestrian crossing with buildings, shops, traffic lights, pedestrians and cars in view.

Manhattan, New York City, USA. High angle view of traffic passing through a busy New York City junction.

Aerial tracking shot along a busy freeway in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Paris, France: People walking along busy Champs Elysees at lunchtime

London, England. Sequence showing various traders dressed in brightly-coloured jackets communicating with one another through hand signals ('open outcry') in the busy trading floor of the London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange (LIFFE). One male trader celebrates an achievement by throwing his hands up and punching the air.

Two traders discuss and conclude a transaction in the busy trading pit of the International Petroleum Exchange in London, England. Traders shout and gesticulate ('open outcry') in the background.

Time-lapse view of day turning into night over a busy road filled with speeding traffic in Beijing, People's Republic of China.

High angle shot of pedestrians walking across a busy crossroads in Tokyo, Japan. Pedestrian crossing lines form a pattern on the road, parallel lines.

Manhattan, New York City, USA: A man in a baseball cap and raincoat talking on a mobile phone while walking along a busy street.

Pedestrians walking along busy street in Dubai.

Manhattan, New York City, USA: A businessman carrying a laptop computer shoulder case talking on a mobile phone while crossing a busy road.

Pedestrians passing along a busy sidewalk in front of the shop window of clothing store 'Banana Republic' on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, New York City, USA. Shop window has a female mannequin in it.

Tokyo, Japan: Pedestrian crossing, on busy city road junction with shops in the background.

Time-lapse view from inside the Liberty of London department store window in Central London, England. Pedestrians pass by on the busy pavement outside while traffic passes by in the background.

Medium view of a male trader pointing at a computer screen in a busy stock trading office in London, England. Zoom out to a wide shot showing other traders talking on phones and working at computer terminals.

Manhattan, New York City, USA: Tracking shot following an unidentifiable man talking on a mobile phone while walking along a busy street carrying a backpack.

Raised view of cars passing along a busy road in Beijing, People's Republic of China. A rainbow-coloured neon sign is positioned in the foreground.

Tokyo, Japan: Pedestrian crossing, on busy city road junction with shops and shop signs in the background.

Tokyo, Japan: Long view of a busy road with pedestrian crossings, traffic, zebra crossings, trains and pedestrians in view.

New Delhi, India: Shots of trading banners above street and busy market street scenes

Tokyo, Japan: Long view of a busy road with pedestrian crossings, traffic, zebra crossings and pedestrians in view.

Close up view of an unidentifiable trader writing on a note pad then passing the note to a dealer in the busy trading pit of the International Petroleum Exchange in London, England.

A busy street filled with crowds of pedestrians in Chongqing, People's Republic of China.

Tokyo, Japan: Long shot of Japanese city workers walking along the street in the business district.

London, England. A red sightseeing bus and a double-decker bus on a busy London street.

Business men dressed in shirts and ties walking along Wall Street in New York City, USA.

Two businessmen dressed in raincoats using mobile phones while standing on a busy street in Manhattan, New York City, USA. Crowds of pedestrians pass by in the background.

A busy hotdog vendor in Manhattan, New York City, USA.

London, England: Crowds of shoppers walking along a busy Oxford Street.

Manhattan, New York City, USA. High angle view of traffic passing through a busy New York City junction.

Hands of an unidentifiable man holding a Blackberry handset while he walks along a busy street in Manhattan, New York City, USA.

Sequence showing various images of traders, some wearing coloured jackets, shouting, frantically gesticulating ('open outcry') and talking on telephones in the busy trading pit of the International Petroleum Exchange in London, England.

A woman wearing white in-ear headphones walking along a busy street in Manhattan, New York City, USA. She's wearing a winter jacket.

Crowds of pedestrians walking in both directions along a busy street in Tokyo, Japan.

An unidentifiable businessman dressed in a blue shirt using a Blackberry handset while walking along a busy street in Manhattan, New York City, USA.

A businessman wearing a raincoat using a mobile phone while standing on a busy street in Manhattan, New York City, USA.

A busy street filled with crowds of pedestrians in Chongqing, People's Republic of China.

Time-lapse, high-angle view of traffic travelling along a busy road in central London, England. Pedestrians pass by on the pavement.

London, England: SPEEDED UP (TIME LAPSE) SEQ Traffic along on busy city road, black cabs, London buses

An unidentifiable businessman using a Blackberry handset as a mobile phone on a busy street in Manhattan, New York City, USA.

New York City, USA. Pan down on the NASDAQ building in New York onto a busy street below.

Anonymous market traders talking on telephones in a busy office.

Close-up view of a frustrated-looking, unidentifiable male trader speaking on the telephone in a busy stock trading office in London, England. Zoom out to a wide shot showing other traders working at computer terminals.

A busy street filled with crowds of pedestrians in Chongqing, People's Republic of China.

Zoom out from three male traders in discussion to a wide view of traders working at computer terminals in a busy stock trading office in London, England.