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Added on the 30/08/2019 15:52:08 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Images of Bird's Nest stadium and Beijing skyline ahead of the Winter Olympics closing ceremony. The 2022 Winter Games had loomed as one of the most politically contentious in memory and with fears about Covid, but most of that receded once the skis and skates were put on. IMAGES
A few people protest outside the Tokyo Stadium, minutes before the beginning of the Games Opening Ceremony. IMAGES
Streets outside the Japan National Stadium are crowded as Tokyo enters the final hours before the official opening of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. IMAGES
The 7-a-side rugby players who will represent France at the 2024 Olympic Games welcome dancers from the Moulin Rouge to the national rugby centre in Marcoussis. An opportunity for the rugby players to teach the dancers a choreography before taking them out onto the pitch to perform. IMAGES
The sun rises over Normandy's Omaha beach as final preparations are made before Western leaders arrive to commemorate the 1944 World War II D-Day landings in northern France to liberate Europe from Nazi occupation. IMAGES