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Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo inaugurates the Arena Porte de la Chapelle, the only facility built in Paris in preparation for the 2024 Olympic Games. IMAGES
French police officers protest to press their claim for extra pay during this summer's Paris Olympics, underlining the threat of strikes and disruption to the Games. IMAGES
The President of the International Olympic Committee, Thomas Bach, delivers the official invitations to take part in the 2024 Paris Olympics to several representatives of the National Olympic Committees, including Greece, the United States, Japan and the Refugee Olympic Team. IMAGES
Boats parade along the Seine for technical tests, 365 days before the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. IMAGES
"D-500," French President Emmanuel Macron tweets with an image of Paris hosting the Olympics, 500 days before the world's biggest sporting event kicks off. IMAGES
In a video address at a conference of sports ministers in London, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who has called for a boycott of the 2024 Paris games over the possible participation of Russian athletes, says their presence would be a "manifestation of violence." SOUNDBITE