Photos: Rio Olympics, Opening Ceremony

Rio Olympics Fireworks explode during the opening ceremony of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 5, 2016. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
Rio Olympics Opening Ceremony Pyrotechnics light up the sky during the opening ceremony for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, Aug. 6, 2016. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
Rio Olympics Opening Ceremony Artists perform on stage during the opening ceremony for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, Aug. 6, 2016. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
Rio Olympics Opening Ceremony Team Puerto Rico arrives during the opening ceremony for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 5, 2016. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Rio Olympics Opening Ceremony Fireworks are set off during the opening ceremony for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday Aug. 5, 2016. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
Rio Olympics Opening Ceremony Abhinav Bindra carries the flag of India during the opening ceremony for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 5, 2016. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Rio Olympics Opening Ceremony Michael Phelps carries the flag of the United States during the opening ceremony for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 5, 2016. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
Vanderlei de Lima Brazilian former long-distance runner Vanderlei de Lima holds the Olympic flame during the opening ceremony of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, Aug. 6, 2016. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
Rio Olympics Opening Ceremony Team Iran arrives during the opening ceremony for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 5, 2016. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Rio Olympics Opening Ceremony Dancers perform during the opening ceremony of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 5, 2016. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
Rio Olympics Opening Ceremony Fireworks explode after the lighting of the Olympic cauldron during the opening ceremony of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, Aug. 6, 2016. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
Rio Olympics Opening Ceremony Michael Phelps carries the flag of the United States during the opening ceremony for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 5, 2016. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
Rio Olympics Opening Ceremony Team Mexico arrives during the opening ceremony for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 5, 2016. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Rio Olympics Opening Ceremony The Olympic flag is raised during the opening ceremony for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 5, 2016. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Rio Olympics Opening Ceremony Team Mexico arrives during the opening ceremony for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 5, 2016. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Rio Olympics Opening Ceremony A performer dances during the opening ceremony for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 5, 2016. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
Rio Olympics Opening Ceremony Daniela Campuzano carries the flag of Mexico during the opening ceremony for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 5, 2016. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Rio Olympics Opening Ceremony Performers dance during the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 5, 2016. (AP Photo/Jin-man Lee)
Rio Olympics Opening Ceremony Team Mexico arrives during the opening ceremony for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 5, 2016. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Giorgio Licitra Giorgio Licitra of Italy enjoys the festivities at the opening ceremony for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 5, 2016. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
Rio Olympics Opening Ceremony Artists perform during the opening ceremony for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 5, 2016. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Rio Olympics Opening Ceremony Model Gisele Bundchen walks on stage as 'The Girl from Ipanema' during the opening ceremony for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 5, 2016. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
Rio Olympics Opening Ceremony Fireworks explode after the lightning of Olympic cauldron during the opening ceremony of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, Aug. 6, 2016. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
Rio Olympics Opening Ceremony Gisele Bundchen walks on stage as 'The Girl from Ipanema' during the opening ceremony for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 5, 2016. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Rio Olympics Opening Ceremony 12-year-old Brazilian rapper MC Soffia performs during the opening ceremony for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 5, 2016. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
APTOPIX Rio Olympics Opening Ceremony Flames burn in the Olympic cauldron after being lit during the opening ceremony of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, Aug. 6, 2016. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
Rio Olympics Opening Ceremony Michael Phelps carries the flag of the United States during the opening ceremony for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 5, 2016. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Rio Olympics Opening Ceremony Jorge Alberto Oliveira Gomes lights the Olympic cauldron during the opening ceremony of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, Aug. 6, 2016. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
APTOPIX Rio Olympics Opening Ceremony Michael Phelps carries the flag of the United States during the opening ceremony for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 5, 2016. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Rio Olympics Opening Ceremony People watch the team from Brazil on a screen entering the Maracana Stadium as they wait for the lighting of the Olympic cauldron during the opening ceremony of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, Aug. 6, 2016. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
Rio Olympics Opening Ceremony Members of the United States' team march in the arena during the opening ceremony for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 5, 2016. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Rio Olympics Opening Ceremony Jorge Alberto Oliveira Gomes waves after lighting the Olympic cauldron during the opening ceremony of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 5, 2016. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
Rio Olympics Opening Ceremony Michael Phelps carries the flag of the United States during the opening ceremony for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 5, 2016. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Rio Olympics Opening Ceremony Officials stand near the body of a man that was shot and killed near Maracana Stadium after the opening ceremony at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, Aug. 6, 2016. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
APTOPIX Rio Olympics Opening Ceremony Michael Phelps carries the flag of the United States during the opening ceremony for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 5, 2016. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Rio Olympics Opening Ceremony Michael Phelps carries the flag of the United States during the opening ceremony for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 5, 2016. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Rio Olympics Opening Ceremony Andy Murray carries the flag of Britain during the opening ceremony for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 5, 2016. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Rio Olympics Opening Ceremony Team China arrives during the opening ceremony for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 5, 2016. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Rio Olympics Opening Ceremony Sergei Tetiukhin carries the flag of Russia during the opening ceremony for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 5, 2016. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Rio Olympics Opening Ceremony Ivana Andusic Maksimovic carries the flag of Serbia during the opening ceremony for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 5, 2016. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Rio Olympics Opening Ceremony Team Brazil arrives during the opening ceremony for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 5, 2016. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Rio Olympics Opening Ceremony Team Switzerland arrives during the opening ceremony for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 5, 2016. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Rio Olympics Opening Ceremony The Olympic and Brazil flag fly during the opening ceremony for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 5, 2016. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
Rio Olympics Opening Ceremony Dancers perform during the opening ceremony for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 5, 2016. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)
Rio Olympics Opening Ceremony Dancers perform during the opening ceremony for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 5, 2016. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Rio Olympics Opening Ceremony Vanderlei de Lima lights the Olympic flame during the opening ceremony for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 5, 2016. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
APTOPIX Rio Olympics Opening Ceremony The Olympic flame burns in Maracana Stadium during the opening ceremony at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 5, 2016. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
Rio Olympics Opening Ceremony Brazilian marathon runner Vanderlei de Lima, center, is given the Olympic flame during the opening ceremony for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 5, 2016. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)
Rio Olympics Opening Ceremony The Olympic flame burns in Maracana Stadium during the opening ceremony for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 5, 2016. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Rio Olympics Opening Ceremony Brazilian marathoner Vanderlei de Lima lights the Olympic flame during the opening ceremony for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 5, 2016. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
Rio Olympics Opening Ceremony Vanderlei de Lima lights the Olympic flame during the opening ceremony at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, Aug. 6, 2016. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
Rio Olympics Opening Ceremony Performers dance during the opening ceremony for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 5, 2016. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
Rio Olympics Opening Ceremony Performers dance during the opening ceremony of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 5, 2016. (AP Photo/Jin-man Lee)
Rio Olympics Opening Ceremony Fireworks go off in Maracana Stadium at the end of the opening ceremony for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 5, 2016. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
Rio Olympics Opening Ceremony Confetti shoots up during the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 5, 2016. (AP Photo/Jin-man Lee)
Rio Olympics Opening Ceremony Fireworks explode above the Maracana stadium during the opening ceremony of the Rio's 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 5, 2016. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
Rio Olympics Opening Ceremony Artists perform during the opening ceremony for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 5, 2016. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
Rio Olympics Opening Ceremony Former Brazilian tennis player Gustavo Kuerten holds up the Olympic flame during the opening ceremony for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 5, 2016. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Rio Olympics Opening Ceremony Vanderlei de Lima climbs a stair before lighting the Olympic cauldron during the opening ceremony for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 5, 2016. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Rio Olympics Opening Ceremony The Olympic flame burns as fireworks are seen over Maracana Stadium during the opening ceremony at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, Aug. 6, 2016. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
Rio Olympics Opening Ceremony The Olympic flag is carried in during the opening ceremony for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 5, 2016. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)
Rio Olympics Opening Ceremony Team Brazil arrives during the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 5, 2016. (AP Photo/Jin-man Lee)
Rio Olympics Opening Ceremony The Olympic flame burns in Maracana Stadium during the opening ceremony for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 5, 2016. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
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