Paris kicks off Olympics with ceremony on the Seine
The world's athletes sailed up the River Seine for the Olympic opening ceremony
The world's athletes sailed up the River Seine for the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics. The flotilla was peppered with performances of music and entertainment including Lady Gaga, dancers of the Moulin Rouge, and French-Malian singer Aya Nakamura, in a tribute to the French capital's cultural history. The Olympic flame was a cauldron shaped like a hot air balloon that rose high above the Parisian sky.
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