French President Emmanuel Macron officially opened the Paris Olympic Games on Friday.
The Eiffel Tower is pictured during the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games on July 26, 2024. (Xinhua/Gao Jing)
For the first time, an Olympic Games opening ceremony is moving out of a stadium and into the heart of the host city, Paris, with the river as the main backdrop.
The 2024 Olympics marks the third time that Paris has hosted the Summer Games. The first was in 1900 and the last was a century ago in 1924.
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