An overview of the Trocadero venue with the Eiffel Tower in the background, in Paris, during the opening ceremony of the 2024 Summer Olympics, Friday, July 26, 2024. (Francois-Xavier Marit/Pool Photo via AP)
The 2024 Summer Olympics has officially inaugurated on Friday, July 26, 2024 in Paris of France.
A laser show is projected from the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France, during the opening ceremony of the 2024 Summer Olympics, Friday, July 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga, Pool)
Team People’s Republic of China attends the opening ceremony for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, Friday, July 26, 2024. (Steph Chambers/Pool Photo via AP)France’s President Emmanuel Macron officially opens the 2024 Summer Olympics, in Paris, France, Friday, July 26, 2024. (Ludovic Marin/Pool Photo via AP)TOPSHOT – Security officers of the Robezsardze, the border guards of Latvia, patrol with dogs in front of the Pyramide du Louvre, designed by Chinese-US architect Ieoh Ming Pei, a few hours prior to the start of the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris on July 26, 2024. (Photo by Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP)China’s Wu Jingyu hands over the Olympic torch to Masomah Ali Zara, head of refugee Olympic committee, in the Olympic village at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Friday, July 26, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/David Goldman, Pool)Dancers perform during an opening ceremony for the 2024 Summer Olympics surfing competition Friday, July 26, 2024, in Papara, Tahiti. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)The delegations from Namibia, Nauru and Nepal sail in a boat along the river Seine during the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris on July 26, 2024, as the Eiffel Tower is seen in the background. (Photo by Paul ELLIS / AFP)Torchbearers Teddy Riner (R) and Marie-Jose Perec prepare to light up the Olympic cauldron during the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris on July 26, 2024. (Photo by Xia Yifang / POOL / AFP)The cauldron, with the Olympic flame lit, lifts off while attached to a balloon as the torchbearers French former sprinter Marie-Jose Perec and French judoka Teddy Riner stand in front during the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Jardin des Tuileries (Tuileries Garden) in Paris on July 26, 2024. (Photo by Xia Yifang / POOL / AFP)