Less than three weeks after the 2024 Summer Olympics concluded in Paris, the city continues to host the 2024 Paralympics from Aug. 28 to Sept. 8.
Thousands of athletes joined the hours-long opening ceremony held at the Champs-Elysées avenue and Place de la Concorde on Wednesday.
Some 4,400 athletes will compete in 549 medal events across 22 sports, according to the International Paralympic Committee website.
Here are some of the photos over the past week that caught our eye.
A Hezbollah UAV intercepted by Israeli air forces over north Israel on Aug. 25, 2024. Jalaa Marey/AFP via Getty Images
Firefighters try to extinguish a forest fire in Ogan Ilir, South Sumatra, on Aug. 27, 2024. Al Zulkifli/AFP via Getty Images
Employees of the judicial branch ride horses during a protest against the judicial reform proposed by the Mexican government in Guadalajara, Mexico, on Aug. 26, 2024. Ulises Ruiz/AFP via Getty Images
Workers collect dead fish from a river following a mass die-off near the port city of Volos, Greece, on Aug. 29, 2024. Vaggelis Kousioras/AP Photo
An aerial view of a house that was destroyed by a fire in Ribeirao Preto, Brazil, on Aug. 25, 2024. Carlos Fabal/AFP via Getty Images
Republican presidential nominee and former President Donald Trump lays a wreath alongside Marine Cpl. Kelsee Lainhart (Ret.) and U.S. Marine Corps. Sergeant Tyler Vargas-Andrews (Ret.), who were injured at the Abbey Gate Bombing, during a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington, Va., on Aug. 26, 2024. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images
A woman trains her dog to catch a frisbee in Karlsruhe, Germany, on Aug. 25, 2024. Thomas Kienzle/AFP /AFP via Getty Images
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (R) welcomes British Prime Minister Keir Starmer with military honors at the Chancellery in Berlin on Aug. 28, 2024. Tobias Schwarz/AFP via Getty Images
Panda Yuanyuan enjoys her birthday cake for her 20th birthday at the Taipei Zoo in Taiwan, on Aug. 30, 2024. Chiang Ying-ying/AP Photo
Rescue teams and residents search for victims buried in mud after a flash flood hit the village of Rua at the foot of Mount Gamalama in Ternate, Indonesia, on Aug. 25, 2024. Azzam Risqullah/AFP via Getty Images
A doctor visits patients recovering from mpox in the village of Kavumu, Democratic Republic of Congo, on Aug. 24, 2024. Glody Murhabazi/AFP via Getty Images
Fire teams attempt to extinguish a major fire in an apartment in Dagenham, England, on Aug. 26, 2024. Leon Neal/Getty Images
Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris and her running mate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz step off Air Force Two in Savannah, Ga., on Aug. 28, 2024. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images
A member of the collective Guerreros Buscadores, searching for their missing relatives, walks in an abandoned house in Tlajomulco de Zuniga, Mexico, on Aug. 27, 2024. Ulises Ruiz/AFP via Getty Images
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the Crew Dragon Resilience capsule sits at Kennedy Space Center ahead of the Polaris Dawn Mission in Cape Canaveral, Fla., on Aug. 27, 2024. Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images
A China Coast Guard ship glides past the Philippine Coast Guard vessel BRP Cabra during a supply mission to Sabina Shoal in the South China Sea on Aug. 26, 2024. Jam Sta Rosa/AFP via Getty Images
Qaid Farhan Alkadi, 52, who was held hostage by Hamas terrorists in Gaza Strip, meets his relatives and friends after arriving in the Khirbet Karkur village, near Rahat, Israel, on Aug. 28, 2024. Mahmoud Illean/AP Photo
High waves hit a coastal area in Ibusuki, western Japan, on Aug. 28, 2024. Typhoon Shanshan lands in Japan on Aug. 28, bringing heavy rain and strong winds to the country. Hidetaka Komukai/Kyodo News via AP
Judges inspect a 1971 Monteverdi High Speed 375L by Fizzore before deciding on the winner of “best of show” at the Salon Privé Concours 2024 at Blenheim Palace in Woodstock, England, on Aug. 28, 2024. Leon Neal/Getty Images
A bee approaches a sunflower on a field on the outskirts of Frankfurt, Germany, on Aug. 28, 2024. Michael Probst/AP Photo
A vehicle that fell into a sinkhole is seen on a street in Seoul, South Korea, on Aug. 29, 2024. Seo Dae-yeon/Yonhap via AP
Ashok Bhat (R), a candidate of the Bharatiya Janata Party, talks to an elderly Kashmiri woman while campaigning door-to-door ahead of the Jammu and Kashmir state assembly elections, in Srinagar, on Aug. 29, 2024. Mukhtar Khan/AP Photo
Afghan girls carry water cans along a hillside on the outskirts of Firozkoh, Afghanistan, on Aug. 28, 2024. Mohsen Karimi/AFP via Getty Images
A bakery worker adjusts supplies in a shop during an electricity blackout in Caracas, Venezuela, on Aug. 30, 2024. Ariana Cubillos/AP Photo
A shepherd dog stands next to it's flock of sheep on the bed of the dried up Studen Kladenets (Cold Well) reservoir dam, near Kardzhali, Bulgaria, on Aug. 28, 2024. Nikolay Doychinov/AFP via Getty Images
Williams driver Logan Sargeant of the United States walks away from his car after he crashed during the third free practice ahead of the Formula One Dutch Grand Prix race at the Zandvoort racetrack, Netherlands, on Aug. 24, 2024. Peter Dejong/AP Photo
Children compete in a sack race in the Abisai community in Mariscal Estigarribia, in the western region of Paraguay, on Aug. 28, 2024. Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo
Storm clouds build above a corn field near Platte City, Mo., on Aug. 27, 2024. Charlie Riedel/AP Photo
An aerial view of erupting craters and lava flows on the Reykjanes Peninsula, in Iceland on Aug. 29, 2024. Marco di Marco/AP Photo
