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In pics: Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony

Flagbearers Harmanpreet Singh and Mary Kom Hmangte of Team India lead their contingent in the athletes parade during the Opening Ceremony of the 2020 Summer Olympics. (Source: Reuters)
Flagbearers Harmanpreet Singh and Mary Kom Hmangte of Team India lead their contingent in the athletes parade during the Opening Ceremony of the 2020 Summer Olympics. (Source: Reuters)
Team Marshall Islands walk with their team during the Opening Ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games (Source: Getty Images)
Team Bolivia attends the Opening Ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. (Source: Getty Images)
Members of Team Malawi attends the Opening Ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. (Source: Getty Images)
Team Guam strides past, during the Opening Ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. (Source: Getty Images)
Members of Team South Africa attend the Opening Ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. (Source: Getty Images)
Team Mauritius is led by flagbearers during the Parade of Nations at the Opening Ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. (Source: Getty Images)
The Indian contingent marches past at the Olympic Stadium during the opening ceremony of the Summer Olympics 2020. (Source: PTI)
Team Laos attends the Opening Ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Olympic Stadium. (Source: Getty Images)
Members of Team South Sudan walk out during the Opening Ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games (Source: Getty Images)
Team Morocco walks out during the Opening Ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. (Source: Getty Images)
Team Guatemala enter the stadium during the Opening Ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games (Source: Getty Images)
Team Madagascar walks out after participating in the Opening Ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games (Source: Getty Images)
Team Honduras participates in the Opening Ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games (Source: Getty Images)
Team Malaysia enters the stadium during the Opening Ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games (Source: Getty Images)
Team Botswana attends the Opening Ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games (Source: Getty Images)
Athletes of team USA attend the Opening Ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games (Source: Getty Images)
Athletes of Team Pakistan lead their contingent in the athletes parade during the Opening Ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. (Source: Reuters)
Members from Team Kazakhstan walk during the opening ceremony in the Olympic Stadium at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Friday, July 23, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek) (Source: AP)
Athletes of team China attend the opening ceremony Opening Ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. (Source: Reuters)
Members of Team Egypt attend the Opening Ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo, Japan. (Source: Getty Images)
Team Ghana walk out during the Opening Ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Olympic Stadium in Tokyo, Japan. (Source: Getty Images)
Members of team Burkina Faso walk together during the Opening Ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. (Source: Getty Images)
Memebers of Team Kuwait attend the Opening Ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. (Source: Getty Images)
Team American Samoa lead out their team during the Opening Ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Olympic Stadium in Tokyo, Japan. (Source: Getty Images)
Team US Virgin Islands walks out during the Opening Ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. (Source: Getty Images)
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