Paris Olympics 2024 opening ceremony – in pictures
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The Eiffel Tower and the Olympics rings are lit up.Credit:AP
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Pyrotechnics in the colours of the French flag mark the start of the ceremony. Credit:Getty Images
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US rapper Snoop Dogg holds the torch as part of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games Torch Relay, in Saint-Denis.Credit:Getty Images
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Vogue editor Anna Wintour arrives before the opening ceremony.Credit:AP
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Police officers prepare to check security prior to the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games.Credit:Getty Images
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Members of Raid, France’s police intervention unit, patrol the Seine River in front of Paris’ commercial court prior to the opening ceremony.Credit:AP
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Smoke resembling the flag of Team France is shown over Pont d’Austerlitz during the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games.Credit:Getty Images
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Spectacular: Lady Gaga performs at the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Credit:AP
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Team Greece’s boat parades along the Seine river during the opening ceremony.Credit:AP
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Tightrope walker Nathan Paulin during the athletes’ parade on the Seine.Credit:Getty Images
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Spectators watch from balconies and windows. Credit:Getty Images
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Britain’s flagbearers Tom Daley and Helen Glover recreate an iconic scene from Titanic on the River Seine.Credit:Getty Images
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Alex De Minaur, Lleyton Hewitt and other members of the Australian contingent arrive at the team boat. Credit:Getty Images
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Opera singer Marina Viotti during a sequence near the Supreme Court. Credit:Getty Images
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Reproductions of artworks from the Louvre rise from the river. Credit:Getty Images
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French athlete Dylan Nahi. Credit:Getty Images
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French President Emmanuel Macron enjoying the ceremony.Credit:AP
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An aerial vote of the Notre-Dame as boats carrying Olympic athletes float along the Seine.Credit:nnaBGossling
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Smoke billows from windows as part of a sequence featuring decapitated Marie Antoinettes. Credit:AP
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Artists performing during the ceremony despite heavy rain. Credit:AP
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A mysterious torchbearer runs atop the Musee d’Orsay.Credit:Getty Images
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A boat with the delegations from Dominica, Egypt and El Salvador sails down the river. Credit:AP
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Performers hold up hoops in the shape of the Olympic rings. Credit:AP
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NBA star Lebron James at the opening ceremony.Credit:AP
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Ponchos were in hot demand during the ceremony. Credit:AP
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Jessica Fox and Eddie Ockenden, Flagbearers of Team Australia on a boat waving their flag along the River Seine.Credit:Getty Images
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Models walk during a fashion show on a bridge spanning the Seine.Credit:AP
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Members of the Spanish team take a selfie while kissing near the Eiffel Tower. Credit:Getty Images
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Athletes from Madagascar all smiles despite the rain. Credit:AP
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Musicians perform perched outside a building along the River Seine. Credit:Getty Images
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The United States delegation. Credit:Getty Images
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Team Australia on the Seine. Credit:Getty Images
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A metal horse and a rider pushing through the Seine.
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Paris shines as night falls. Credit:Getty Images
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Flags of Competing Nations are taken across the Seine. Credit:Getty Images
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Floriane Issert, a non-commissioned officer for the National Gendarmerie, carries the Olympic flag.Credit:AP
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Rafael Nadal with the Olympic Flame. Credit:Getty Images
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IOC President Thomas Bach speaks as Tony Estanguet, president of 2024 Paris Olympics looks on in Paris, France, during the opening ceremony of the 2024 Summer Olympics.Credit:AP
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Members of the public watch the opening ceremony projected on a screen at a fan zone during the 2024 Summer Olympics,Credit:AP
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The Olympic Flag is presented by the The Horsewoman at Place du Trocadero during the opening ceremony.Credit:Getty Images
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A light show on the Eiffel Tower during the opening ceremony.Credit:Getty Images
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Canadian Singer Celine Dion performs on the Eiffel Tower as the conclusion of the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games Paris 2024.Credit:Getty Images
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Teddy Riner and Marie-Jose Perec watch as the cauldron rises in a balloon in Paris, France.Credit:AP
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Members of the United States Team travel along the Seine River with a view of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France, during the opening ceremony.Credit:Getty Images
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Torchbearer Zinedine Zidane greets spectators in Paris, France, during the opening ceremony.Credit:AP
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Celine Dion performs in Paris, France, during the opening ceremony of the 2024 Summer Olympics,Credit:AP
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A detailed view of the Olympic Cauldron in the sky with the Lourve in foreground after being lit by Torch bearers French Athlete Marie-Jose Perec and French Judoka Teddy Riner.Credit:Getty Images
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Tony Parker holds at the Olympic torch as the cauldron rises in a balloon in Paris, France, Credit:AP
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The cauldron, with the Olympic flame lit, lifts off while attached to a balloon, in Paris, France, during the opening ceremony of the 2024 Summer Olympics.Credit:AP
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A light show is projected from the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France, during the opening ceremony of the 2024 Summer Olympics,Credit:AP
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Teddy Riner and Marie-Jose Perec watch as the cauldron rises in a balloon in Paris, France, during the opening ceremony of the 2024 Summer Olympics.Credit:AP
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