Star-studded Olympic Games opening ceremony gets under way - in pictures

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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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Paris 2024 Olympics - Opening Ceremony - Paris, France - July 26, 2024. Athletes of Great Britain are seen aboard a boat in the floating parade on the river Seine during the opening ceremony. Pool via REUTERS/Nir Elias

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Tennis players Andy Murray and Jack Draper of Britain wave flags on the team boat

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Tthe Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral on the Ile de la Cite, right, as boats carrying Olympic athletes float along the Seine in Paris, France, during the opening ceremony.
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Chris Hoy and Rebecca Adlington arrive at the Trocadero ahead of the opening ceremony for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
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Keir Starmer shelters from the rain

Friday July 26, 2024.

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