A performer rides a metal horse on the river Seine during the opening ceremony. (Reuters)
Performers are pictured near the river Seine during the opening ceremony. (Reuters)
Indian athletes wave their national flags from a boat on the Seine River during the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympics. (Reuters)
Fireworks in the French national colours explode over Pont d'Austerlitz during the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris on Friday. (AFP)
Amelie Mauresmo holds the Olympic torch ahead of lighting the Olympic cauldron during the opening ceremony. (Reuters)
Athletes of Pakistan aboard a boat in the floating parade on the river Seine during the opening ceremony. (Reuters)
US' singer Lady Gaga sings a song at the Sully bridge area before the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris on Friday. (AFP)
A general view showing wings and the Olympic rings on the Eiffel Tower during the opening ceremony. (Reuters)
Zinedine Zidane holds the Olympic torch ahead of lighting the Olympic cauldron during the opening ceremony. (Reuters)
Athletes of Qatar are seen aboard a boat in the floating parade on the river Seine during the opening ceremony.
A grab of a video released by the Olympic Broadcasting Services shows Canadian Singer Celine Dion performing on the Eiffel Tower during the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics 2024, in Paris, on Friday. (AFP)
Lady Gaga, Celine Dion and French-Malian singer Aya Nakamura joined dancers, an opera diva and even a heavy metal band in an opening ceremony for the Paris Olympics that sought to proudly showcase French culture. The first-ever opening ceremony held outside a stadium – on the River Seine – had to battle driving rain that cast a pallid gloom over the City of Light. Tokyo Games gold medallist in high jump Mutaz Barshim and women’s 100m sprinter Shahd Ashraf carried Qatar’s flag in the boats along the Seine River.