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French President Emmanuel Macron visits the Saint-Denis Olympic Aquatics Centre, which will host the synchronised swimming, diving and water polo events at the Paris Games. IMAGES
Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo, International Olympic Committee chief Thomas Bach and Paris 2024 organising committee president Tony Estanguet unveil the Olympic decor on the facade of the Hotel de Ville in the French capital. 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
French President Emmanuel Macron arrives in Saint-Denis, near Paris, for the inauguration of the Olympic Village, five months before the start of the Games (26 July - 11 August). IMAGES
The International Olympic Committee has "full confidence in the French security authorities" ahead of the Paris Olympics, president Thomas Bach says following the IOC's Executive Board meeting. The statement from Bach plays down any security fears in the wake of crowd control issues at the Stade de France in May's Champions League football final. It also comes a day after violence broke out in the Europa Conference League game between Nice and Cologne. SOUNDBITE