1/26Overview of the Trocadero venue, with the Eiffel Tower looming in the background and lasers lighting up the sky, during the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games on July 26, 2024 (Photo by François-Xavier MARIT / AFP)
Gallery: Paris puts on a show to open Games
The 2024 Paris Olympic Games are officially begun but not before France put on a massive show along the Seine that was weird, wacky and wonderful.
2/26Lights illuminate the Eiffel Tower during the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris on July 26, 2024. (Photo by Loic VENANCE / POOL / AFP)
3/26Overview of the Trocadero venue, with the Eiffel Tower looming in the background while the Olympic flag is being raised, during the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games on July 26, 2024 (Photo by François-Xavier MARIT / AFP)
4/26PARIS, FRANCE - JULY 26: The Olympic Flag is presented by the The Horsewoman at Place du Trocadero during the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 on July 26, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images)
5/26PARIS, FRANCE - JULY 26: Opera Singer Marina Viotti, the Orchestre de Paris and a Choir perform during the athletes’ parade on the River Seine near the Supreme Court during the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 on July 26, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Buda Mendes/Getty Images)
6/26PARIS, FRANCE - JULY 26: Dancers performing French Cancan choreography as part of one of twelve artistic tableaux, are pictured from the boat of Brazil's delegation sailing along the river Seine during the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 on July 26, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Carl de Souza-Pool/Getty Images)
7/26A torchbearer carries the Olympic flame over a building along the Seine River in Paris, France, during the opening ceremony for the 2024 Summer Olympics, Friday, July 26, 2024. (Photo by Bernat Armangue / POOL / AFP)
8/26PARIS, FRANCE - JULY 26: American Singer-Songwriter Lady Gaga performs at Square Barye during the athletes’ parade on the River Seine during the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 on July 26, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Lars Baron/Getty Images)
9/26PARIS, FRANCE - JULY 26: Smoke resembling the flag of Team France is shown over Pont d’Austerlitz during the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 on July 26, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Lars Baron/Getty Images)
10/26PARIS, FRANCE - JULY 26: A torchbearer runs past Pont Neuf during the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 on July 26, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)
11/26TOPSHOT - PARIS, FRANCE - JULY 26: A spectator is seen wearing glasses in the colours of the France national flag during the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 on July 26, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Steph Chambers / POOL / AFP)
12/26PARIS, FRANCE - JULY 26: A general view over the city of Paris as Smoke resembling the flag of Team France is seen indicating the start of the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 on July 26, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)
13/26The cauldron, with the Olympic flame lit, lifts off while attached to a balloon, during the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris on July 26, 2024 (Photo by Philippe Lopez / AFP)
14/26France's torchbearers judoka Teddy Riner and sprinter Marie-Jo Perec light the Olympic cauldron during the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris on July 26, 2024. (Photo by Ben STANSALL / AFP)
15/26Paris 2024 Olympics - Opening Ceremony - Paris, Paris, France - July 26, 2024. Athletes of Jamaica arrive before the opening ceremony. (Photo by Nir Elias / POOL / AFP)
16/26PARIS, FRANCE - JULY 26: Athletes of Team Australia react in front of the Eiffel Tower during the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 on July 26, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Quinn Rooney/Getty Images)
17/26PARIS, FRANCE - JULY 26: Jessica Fox and Eddie Ockenden, Flagbearers of Team Australia, pose for a photo with the national flag on a boat along the River Seine during the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 on July 26, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Quinn Rooney/Getty Images)
18/26Canadian singer Celine Dion performs on the Eiffel Tower during the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games
19/26The speechless moment of the opening ceremony came when Gédéon, a French artist, embodied the Greek God Dionysus covered in blue paint and covered with strings of flowers and fruit.
20/26This video grab from the Olympic Broadcasting Services (OBS) shows the cauldron, with the Olympic flame lit, lifts off attached to a balloon during the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris on July 26, 2024. (Photo by Olympic Broadcasting Services / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT " OLYMPIC BROADCASTING SERVICES / AFP " - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS
21/26Spectators watch the the Eiffel Tower as lasers light up the sky during the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris on July 26, 2024. (Photo by Oli SCARFF / AFP)
22/26Overview of the Trocadero venue, with the Eiffel Tower looming in the background and lasers lighting up the sky, during the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games on July 26, 2024 (Photo by François-Xavier MARIT / AFP)
23/26Floriane Issert, a Gendarmerie non-commissioned officer of the National Gendarmerie, carries the Olympic flag as she rides on the Iena bridge 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 Ludovic MARIN / POOL / AFP)
24/26The Institut de France is illuminated with fireworks during the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris on July 26, 2024. (Photo by Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP)
25/26Floriane Issert, a Gendarmerie non-commissioned officer of the National Gendarmerie, carries the Olympic flag as she rides on the Iena bridge during the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris on July 26, 2024. (Photo by Ludovic MARIN / POOL / AFP)
26/26A heart is seen during the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris on July 26, 2024. (Photo by Eugene Hoshiko / POOL / AFP)
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