Pandas meet the public at Edinburgh zoo – in pictures

People queue to see the newly arrived pandas in their enclosure Photograph: Andrew Milligan/PA Visitors enter through a Chinese-style pagoda Photograph: Murdo MacLeod for the Guardian Photograph: Murdo MacLeod/Guardian An onlooker photographs one of the bears Photograph: Murdo MacLeod for the Guardian Photograph: Murdo MacLeod/Guardian Tian Tian, the female, in her enclosure Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images About 600 visitors pre-booked to see the pandas on the first day Photograph: Murdo MacLeod for the Guardian Photograph: Murdo MacLeod/Guardian Visitors were taken to the enclosures in groups of about 25 Photograph: Murdo MacLeod for the Guardian Photograph: Murdo MacLeod/Guardian Press photographers get a close-up view Photograph: Murdo MacLeod for the Guardian Photograph: Murdo MacLeod/Guardian