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The Trocadero location of the Opening Ceremony, with the Tour Eiffel Tower pictured on July 23, 2024, during preparations ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in France. Benoit Doppagne/Belga Mag/AFP via Getty Images
What started with religion, art, and music in ancient Greece is now a melting pot of political, economic and social factors.
The Olympics kicked off in Paris this week amid a splendid opening ceremony performed on boats over the water, and a startling spectacle is par for course to revitalise an event that has survived antiquity.
