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Added on the 08/08/2021 14:00:00 - Copyright : EFE Inglés
Fireworks light up the sky above Tokyo's Olympic Stadium as the closing ceremony for the postponed 2020 Olympic Games gets underway. IMAGES
Fireworks are released as the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics in the 68,000-capacity Japan National Stadium takes place before just a few hundred officials and dignitaries, including Japan's Emperor Naruhito, French President Emmanuel Macron and US First Lady Jill Biden. IMAGES
The Olympic rings at Tokyo's Odaiba waterfront light up as the sun sets upon Tokyo Bay and final preparations for the Olympics Opening Ceremony are under way at Japan National Stadium. IMAGES
Preparation and security near the Hotel de Ville in Paris ahead of the Olympic Games opening ceremony. IMAGES
France's Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin announces that the "anti-terrorist perimetre" set up around the banks of the Seine in Paris for the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games will be "effective from tomorrow (July 18, Eds.) morning until 26 July." SOUNDBITE
Olympic chiefs announce that Russian and Belarusian athletes competing in this summer's Paris Games under a neutral flag will not be able to take part in the opening ceremony. SOUNDBITE