Celebrities and world leaders watched on as the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games got under way.
A global audience of over one billion people is expected to watch the opening ceremony, which has seen the whole of central Paris turned into an open-air theatre.
Earlier, arson attacks on France’s high-speed rail network early on Friday paralysed train travel to Paris for around 800,000 people across Europe, according to the CEO of national railway company SNCF.
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British flagbearers Thomas Daley and Helen Glover. Pic: Reuters
British tennis players Andy Murray and Jack Draper wave flags on the team boat. Pic: Reuters
Lady Gaga performs at the opening ceremony. Pic: Reuters
Athletes of the Refugee Olympic Team aboard a boat in the floating parade. Pic: Reuters
Smoke resembling the flag of France. Pic:PA
The Notre-Dame during the opening ceremony. Pic AP
Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande arrive at the Trocadero ahead of the opening ceremony for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Pic: PA
John Legend with his wife Chrissy Teigen and their children. Pic: PA
Serena Williams. Pic: PA
Rebecca Adlington and Chris Hoy. Pic: PA
Anna Wintour with Australian film director Baz Luhrmann. Pic: PA
Pharrell Williams arrives at the Trocadero ahead of the opening ceremony.
Pic: PA
Prime Minister Keir Starmer shelters from the rain. Pic: Reuters
Albert II, Prince of Monaco with his wife Charlene, Princess of Monaco. Pic: PA