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The 2024 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad and officially known as Paris 2024, is an international multi-sport event held in France from 26 July to 11 August 2024.  Paris is the host city, with events taking place in 16 other cities across metropolitan France (mainland France in Europe), plus the Pacific island of Tahiti in French Polynesia.  The opening ceremony began at 19:30 on July 26, 2024.  It was the second time in history that the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games was held outside a stadium, the first being the opening ceremony of the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.  A total of 206 national Olympic teams are participating in the 2024 Summer Games with 54 teams from Africa, 48 from Europe, 44 from Asia, 41 from the Americas, 17 from Oceania, individual neutral athletes and the refugee Olympic team.

Historic opening ceremony in Paris, marking the second time it's outside a stadium
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