Paris 2024 Olympics opening ceremony in pictures
The athletes’ parade down the Rivers Seine featured 85 boats.
![Heavy rain falls at the Trocadero during the opening ceremony for the Olympic Games in Paris (Joel Marklund/PA).](https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/07/26/22/cccbaf308862eb4d43beabe36606f065Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzIyMTExMjg5-2.76959107.jpg)
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The Paris 2024 Olympics began with a groundbreaking – and rain-soaked – opening ceremony, the first to be staged outside a stadium.
Here, the PA news agency takes a look at a selection of standout images from the floating parade down the River Seine and the finale at the Trocadero.
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