Welcome to Paris, the City of Light, which is hosting the Summer Olympics for the third time. What makes these Games unique is the opening ceremony, which will be held outside a stadium for the first time. Participants will parade along the Seine on a flotilla of boats, passing under the Pont Neuf, pictured here, and cheered by spectators lining both banks. Paris is no stranger to historic firsts; the 1900 Games included women competing for the first time, although they made up only 22 of 997 athletes.
Summer Olympics begin in Paris
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Sligachan Old Bridge, Isle of Skye, Scotland
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American bison
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It’s Giving Tuesday
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Chicagohenge
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Ancient theater of Epidaurus, Greece
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Bản Giốc–Detian Falls, Vietnam
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In praise of bogs, swamps, and marshes
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What are we looking at?
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Llama Day
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Asteroid Day
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Nha Phu Bay, Nha Trang, Vietnam
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World Architecture Day
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In orbit for Yuri s Night
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Did it see its shadow?
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Lavender fields on the Valensole Plateau in Provence, France
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Traffic jam on the caribou highway
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Homeward bound
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Porcupine
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A river on the tundra
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A valley view at 9,000 feet
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Feast of the Donkey
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Fall comes to Pando
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Daiichi Tadami River Bridge, Fukushima, Japan
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World Oceans Day
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Agüero, Huesca province, Spain
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Purple flowers and Golden Week