Supporters for Group France wave flags through the girls’s Pool C seashore volleyball match between Germany and France on the Eiffel Tower Stadium on Sunday.
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The Paris Olympics are lastly right here. Greater than 10,000 athletes have descended on the French capital for greater than two weeks of competitors, patriotism and potential drama.
We check out a few of our favourite photographs to this point.
![Water is sprayed on the pitch as the ball boys and girls walk along the center line before the start of the men's Group A field hockey match between South Africa and Germany at the Yves-du-Manoir Stadium on Tuesday](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/6590x4393+0+0/resize/1100/quality/50/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Ffd%2Fca%2F0f1d2b5b4f3586f035cb0b0c2b6a%2Fap24212358638839.jpg)
Water is sprayed on the pitch because the ball girls and boys stroll alongside the middle line earlier than the beginning of the boys’s Group A discipline hockey match between South Africa and Germany on Tuesday.
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![Japan's Miu Hirano eyes the ball as she prepares to serve to India's Manika Batra during their women's table tennis singles round of 16 at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the South Paris Arena in Paris on Wednesday.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/3945x2630+0+0/resize/1100/quality/50/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F4f%2Fdc%2Fac9367e34a7fa7568e798df4791f%2Fgettyimages-2164027965.jpg)
Japan’s Miu Hirano eyes the ball as she prepares to serve to India’s Manika Batra throughout their girls’s desk tennis singles spherical of 16 on Wednesday.
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![Cuba's Erislandy Alvarez connects with a punch on Papua New Guinea's John Ume in the men's 63.5kg preliminaries round of 32 boxing match on Saturday.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/3437x2291+0+0/resize/1100/quality/50/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F6e%2F9e%2Fae16178d40fe91323b0f5fab1fc9%2Fgettyimages-2163275866.jpg)
Cuba’s Erislandy Alvarez connects with a punch on Papua New Guinea’s John Ume within the males’s 63.5kg preliminaries spherical of 32 boxing match on Saturday.
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![North Korea's Jo Jin Mi and Kim Mi Rae compete in the women's synchronised 10m platform diving final at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Aquatics Centre in Saint-Denis, north of Paris, on Wednesday.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/3288x2192+0+0/resize/1100/quality/50/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fb9%2F90%2F90efab664c87a42cfc79c6062828%2Fgettyimages-2163992062.jpg)
North Korea’s Jo Jin Mi and Kim Mi Rae compete within the girls’s synchronized 10-meter platform diving remaining on Wednesday.
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![Simone Biles, of the United States, performs on the uneven bars during the women's artistic gymnastics all-around finals in Bercy Arena on August 1.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/3055x2037+0+0/resize/1100/quality/50/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F80%2Fc3%2F53f9a46e44a1aedde6ad6b0231cd%2Fap24214618415582.jpg)
Simone Biles, of america, performs on the uneven bars through the girls’s inventive gymnastics all-around finals in Bercy Enviornment on Friday.
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![Two children look through their binoculars the men's table tennis singles round of 64 during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the South Paris Arena in Paris on July 27, 2024. (Photo by WANG Zhao / AFP) (Photo by WANG ZHAO/AFP via Getty Images)](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/6138x4092+0+0/resize/1100/quality/50/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fcf%2F2d%2F69f5c3ba4915990503d3e660727f%2Fgettyimages-2163284703.jpg)
Two kids look via their binoculars on the males’s desk tennis singles spherical of 64 on the South Paris Enviornment on Saturday.
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![US' Katie Ledecky competes in the final of the women's 1500m freestyle swimming event during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Paris La Defense Arena in Nanterre, west of Paris, on Wednesday.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/7812x5208+0+0/resize/1100/quality/50/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F5f%2Fae%2F8b82a1234d048a369245bb5aefd8%2Fgettyimages-2164064570.jpg)
Katie Ledecky, of america, competes within the remaining of the ladies’s 1,500-meter freestyle swimming occasion on Wednesday.
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![Germany's Mascha Ballhaus and United Arab Emirates' Khorloodoi Bishrelt (blue) compete in the judo women's -52kg round of 16 bout of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Champ-de-Mars Arena, in Paris on July 28, 2024. (Photo by Luis ROBAYO / AFP) (Photo by LUIS ROBAYO/AFP via Getty Images)](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/5645x3763+0+0/resize/1100/quality/50/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F8e%2Fdc%2Fa615fd7a43ddbacc609af686677f%2Fgettyimages-2163447233.jpg)
Germany’s Mascha Ballhaus and the United Arab Emirates’ Khorloodoi Bishrelt compete within the girls’s judo -52kg spherical of 16 bout on Sunday.
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![Gold medallist France's Manon Apithy-Brunet celebrates on the podium during the medal ceremony for the women's sabre individual competition during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Grand Palais in Paris, on Monday.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/3000x1999+0+0/resize/1100/quality/50/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F18%2Fe9%2F311d0d0447d3b0d7029850f99777%2Fgettyimages-2163828571.jpg)
Gold medallist France’s Manon Apithy-Brunet celebrates on the rostrum through the medal ceremony for the ladies’s sabre particular person competitors on Monday.
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![PARIS, FRANCE - AUGUST 01: Young fans watch the action during the Women’s 20km Race Walk on day six of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Trocadero on August 01, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Luke Hales/Getty Images)](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/3000x2000+0+0/resize/1100/quality/50/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fd4%2F03%2F76c2133d4a38beb2c698efa543c7%2Fgettyimages-2164784363.jpg)
Younger followers watch the motion through the girls’s 20-kilometer race stroll on Thursday.
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![Canada's Krissy Scurfield tackles New Zealand's Jazmin Felix-Hotham during the women's pool A rugby sevens match between New Zealand and Canada on Sunday.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/3505x2337+0+0/resize/1100/quality/50/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F3a%2Fb3%2F4122752442cdadf2766fe6fffbc1%2Fgettyimages-2163592487.jpg)
Canada’s Krissy Scurfield tackles New Zealand’s Jazmin Felix-Hotham through the girls’s Pool A rugby sevens match Sunday.
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![PARIS, FRANCE - JULY 31: Rafael Nadal of Spain greeting the fans after loosing his match with Carlos Alcaraz of Spain against Austin Krajicek of USA and Rajeev Ram of USA during the men's doubles quarter-final tennis match on Court Philippe-Chatrier at the Roland-Garros Stadium during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, in Paris on July 31, 2024. (Photo By Alvaro Diaz/Europa Press via Getty Images)](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/4921x3281+0+0/resize/1100/quality/50/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F81%2Ff6%2F2dea2b444b4285499446ad08a24a%2Fgettyimages-2164682901.jpg)
Spain’s Rafael Nadal greets followers after dropping his match with Carlos Alcaraz in opposition to america’ Austin Krajicek and Rajeev Ram through the males’s doubles quarter-final tennis match Wednesday.
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![Joaquin Niemann, of Chile, plays his tee shot watched by the crowd on the 3rd tee during the second round of the men's golf event on Friday.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/7451x4967+0+0/resize/1100/quality/50/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F08%2F8b%2Ffec6fe304be28ade5573f73db733%2Fap24215351033740.jpg)
Joaquin Niemann, of Chile, tees off in entrance of a crowd on the third gap through the second spherical of the boys’s golf occasion on Friday.
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![Fans dressed as Mona Lisa watch the preliminary handball match on Monday.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/3933x2622+0+0/resize/1100/quality/50/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Ff3%2F15%2F500885e24d0d96ca25822f010a54%2Fgettyimages-2163749050.jpg)
Followers dressed as Mona Lisa watch a preliminary handball match on Monday.
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![Australia's Natalie Van Coevorden, center, competes in the swim leg of the women's individual triathlon competition on Wednesday.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/5346x3564+0+0/resize/1100/quality/50/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fc4%2Fbb%2F80e0ec164b6d8b1633d98e839914%2Fap24213227786407.jpg)
Ladies compete within the swimming leg of the ladies’s particular person triathlon competitors Wednesday.
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![US' Sha'Carri Richardson crosses the finish line to win past Australia's Bree Masters and Canada's Jacqueline Madogo in the women's 100m heat of the athletics event on Friday.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/7492x4995+0+0/resize/1100/quality/50/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F1a%2Fe8%2F774fbc644e68bdb164ea2fe186e4%2Fgettyimages-2164295437.jpg)
Sha’Carri Richardson, of the U.S., crosses the end line to win previous Australia’s Bree Masters and Canada’s Jacqueline Madogo within the girls’s 100-meter warmth of the athletics occasion on Friday.
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![South Africa's Johanita Scholtz dives for a shot against Malaysia's Goh Jin Wei in their women's singles badminton group stage match on Monday.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/6000x4000+0+0/resize/1100/quality/50/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F8d%2Ff0%2Fdf9e670a4f058997dd87d8351bae%2Fgettyimages-2163714544.jpg)
South Africa’s Johanita Scholtz dives for a shot in opposition to Malaysia’s Goh Jin Wei of their girls’s singles badminton group stage match on Monday.
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![An overview shows USA's LeBron James and South Sudan's Wenyen Gabriel eyeing the ball in the men's preliminary round group C basketball match between USA and South Sudan on Wednesday](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/7609x5073+0+0/resize/1100/quality/50/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F2c%2F84%2F7ef3c1f94d1181ca80178a22c606%2Fgettyimages-2164069673.jpg)
LeBron James, on Group USA, and South Sudan’s Wenyen Gabriel eye the ball within the males’s preliminary spherical Group C basketball match Wednesday.
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![Kim Yeji of South Korea reacts during the 10m air pistol women's final of shooting on Sunday.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/5325x3456+0+0/resize/1100/quality/50/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fae%2F2d%2Fdf99718f48d2b994fcc64dac5e82%2Fgettyimages-2163661026.jpg)
Kim Yeji, of South Korea, reacts through the 10-meter air pistol girls’s remaining of capturing on Sunday.
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![US' Hannes Daube shoots the ball in front of Greece's Ioannis Fountoulis in the men's water polo preliminary round group A match between Greece and USA on Thursday.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/4500x3000+0+0/resize/1100/quality/50/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F6f%2F12%2F7f580b28436d8398b41108c7f3f5%2Fgettyimages-2164125058.jpg)
Group USA’s Hannes Daube shoots the ball in entrance of Greece’s Ioannis Fountoulis in a males’s water polo preliminary spherical Group A match Thursday.
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![United States' Lee Kiefer competes with United States' Lauren Scruggs in the women's individual Foil final match on Sunday.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/4614x3076+0+0/resize/1100/quality/50/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F8b%2F3c%2F9f754f404094bbf7534249430060%2Fap24210726907679.jpg)
Lee Kiefer competes in opposition to Lauren Scruggs, each from america, within the girls’s particular person foil remaining match on Sunday.
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![Sariah Paki, Bienne Terita, and Faith Nathan of Team Australia are comforted by members of the crowd following defeat during the Women's Rugby Sevens Bronze medal match between Team United States and Team Australia on Tuesday.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/4623x3082+0+0/resize/1100/quality/50/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fa5%2F0e%2F3d64c33645b1808c9db556c363a9%2Fgettyimages-2164450809.jpg)
Group Australia’s Sariah Paki, Bienne Terita and Religion Nathan are comforted by members of the gang following their defeat through the girls’s rugby sevens bronze medal match with america on Tuesday.
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![Brazil's Gabriel Medina reacts after getting a large wave in the 5th heat of the men's surfing round 3 on Monday.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/4109x2641+0+0/resize/1100/quality/50/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F07%2Fb0%2Ffcde298e4a5784e23de7d4c0c0fc%2Fgettyimages-2163836935.jpg)
Brazil’s Gabriel Medina reacts after getting a big wave within the fifth warmth of the boys’s browsing spherical 3 on Monday.
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![Anton McKee, of Iceland, leaves the pool following his heat in the men's 200-meter breaststroke at the 2024 Summer Olympics on Tuesday.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/7663x5109+0+0/resize/1100/quality/50/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F8e%2F7d%2F49b83e044b9ba723777cebe71fe9%2Fap24212414398381.jpg)
Anton McKee, of Iceland, leaves the pool following his warmth within the males’s 200-meter breaststroke on the 2024 Summer season Olympics on Tuesday.
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![Ireland's Emily Lane, center, catches the ball in a line-out above Ireland's Erin King, down, as challenged by Britain's Lauren Torley, right, during the women's placing 7-8 rugby sevens match between Britain and Ireland on Tuesday.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/3433x2289+0+0/resize/1100/quality/50/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F56%2F43%2F2f41e3d24062a6acd588354721a5%2Fgettyimages-2163922735.jpg)
Eire’s Emily Lane (middle) catches the ball in a line-out above Eire’s Erin King (down) as they’re challenged by Britain’s Lauren Torley (proper) through the girls’s putting 7-8 rugby sevens match Tuesday.
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![France's Cassandre Beaugrand reacts after crossing the finish on the Pont Alexandre III at the end of the women's individual triathlon race on We](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/6858x4572+0+0/resize/1100/quality/50/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F99%2F82%2Fe536776549a4a4c1448bdd07cbaa%2Fgettyimages-2163975720.jpg)
France’s Cassandre Beaugrand reacts after crossing the end on the Pont Alexandre III on the finish of the ladies’s particular person triathlon race on Wednesday.
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