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Added on the 08/08/2021 16:17:00 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
A group of around 50 protesters demonstrate outside Tokyo's Olympic Stadium, chanting "We don't need the Olympics, nor the Paralympics!" and "Stop the closing ceremony!" as the curtain falls on the biggest sports event since the pandemic. IMAGES
Fireworks light up the sky above Tokyo's Olympic Stadium as the closing ceremony for the postponed 2020 Olympic Games gets underway. IMAGES
Fireworks are released as the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics in the 68,000-capacity Japan National Stadium takes place before just a few hundred officials and dignitaries, including Japan's Emperor Naruhito, French President Emmanuel Macron and US First Lady Jill Biden. IMAGES
The Olympic rings at Tokyo's Odaiba waterfront light up as the sun sets upon Tokyo Bay and final preparations for the Olympics Opening Ceremony are under way at Japan National Stadium. IMAGES
Images from outside the IOC HQ as Japanese Prime minister Shinzo Abe and IOC chief Thomas Bach discuss the fate of Tokyo 2020 amid calls for postponement due to the global coronavirus outbreak. IMAGES
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