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PHOTO PACKAGE: 2020 Olympics Opening Ceremony In Tokyo

ATTENTION EDITORS: This gallery is not language edited, photos have original agency captions. It is filed at internal TheHub site in GDB Pangea for your usage, to be copied/adapted to your sites. (30 PHOTOS by AFP, AP, EPA and Reuters)

The opening ceremonies for the delayed Olympic Games have started in Tokyo to an almost empty stadium as organizers look to pull the event out from under the cloud of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The ceremonies began at 8 p.m. local time (1 p.m. in Prague) on July 23 with fewer than 1,000 people in the 68,000-capacity Olympic Stadium.


Supporters standing outside take pictures of the fireworks lighting up the sky over the Olympic Stadium during the opening ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, in Tokyo, on July 23, 2021.  
1 Supporters standing outside take pictures of the fireworks lighting up the sky over the Olympic Stadium during the opening ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, in Tokyo, on July 23, 2021.
 
Fireworks go off around the Olympic Stadium during the opening ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
2 Fireworks go off around the Olympic Stadium during the opening ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
Recording artist Misia performer the Japanese national anthem as the Japanese flag is raised during the opening ceremony for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Summer Games at Olympic Stadium. 
3 Recording artist Misia performer the Japanese national anthem as the Japanese flag is raised during the opening ceremony for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Summer Games at Olympic Stadium. 
Dancers perform during the opening ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo.
4 Dancers perform during the opening ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo.

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