© AFP 2024 / YASUYOSHI CHIBACanoeist Rubens Pompeu carries the Olympic flame on an outrigger canoe at Lake Paranoa in Brasilia on May 3. Embattled President Dilma Rousseff greeted the Olympic flame in Brazil on Tuesday, promising not to allow a raging political crisis, which could see her suspended within days, to spoil the Rio Games. The torch will now be carried in a relay by 12,000 people through 329 cities, ending in Rio's Maracana stadium on August 5 for the opening ceremony.
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Canoeist Rubens Pompeu carries the Olympic flame on an outrigger canoe at Lake Paranoa in Brasilia on May 3. Embattled President Dilma Rousseff greeted the Olympic flame in Brazil on Tuesday, promising not to allow a raging political crisis, which could see her suspended within days, to spoil the Rio Games. The torch will now be carried in a relay by 12,000 people through 329 cities, ending in Rio's Maracana stadium on August 5 for the opening ceremony.
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© AFP 2024 / LUIS ACOSTAColombia's gymnast Jossimar Orlando Calvo Moreno, takes part in a training session in Cucuta, Colombia, on May 4 2016. Calvo will compete in the upcoming Rio 2016 Olympic games. LUIS ACOSTA / AFP
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Colombia's gymnast Jossimar Orlando Calvo Moreno, takes part in a training session in Cucuta, Colombia, on May 4 2016. Calvo will compete in the upcoming Rio 2016 Olympic games. LUIS ACOSTA / AFP
© AFP 2024 / EVARISTO SABrazilian President Dilma Rousseff (R) hands the Olympic torch to Brazilian volleyball player Fabiana Claudino at Planalto Palace in Brasilia following the flame's arrival in Brazil on May 3, 2016, to begin its journey across the country before the start of the 2016 Olympic Games on August 5. The Olympic flame arrived in Brasilia May 3 aboard a flight from Geneva to embark on a procession across Brazil culminating in the opening ceremony of the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro. The torch will travel to more than 300 towns and cities carried by some 12,000 relay runners before arriving August 5 at the mythic Maracana stadium to kick off the first Olympics in South America. EVARISTO SA / AFP
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Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff (R) hands the Olympic torch to Brazilian volleyball player Fabiana Claudino at Planalto Palace in Brasilia following the flame's arrival in Brazil on May 3, 2016, to begin its journey across the country before the start of the 2016 Olympic Games on August 5. The Olympic flame arrived in Brasilia May 3 aboard a flight from Geneva to embark on a procession across Brazil culminating in the opening ceremony of the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro. The torch will travel to more than 300 towns and cities carried by some 12,000 relay runners before arriving August 5 at the mythic Maracana stadium to kick off the first Olympics in South America. EVARISTO SA / AFP
© AFP 2024 / Marcos de PaulaView of the Olympic torch in Itamaraju, Bahia state, Brazil on May 19, 2016, ahead of the 2016 Rio Olympic Games.
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View of the Olympic torch in Itamaraju, Bahia state, Brazil on May 19, 2016, ahead of the 2016 Rio Olympic Games.
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© AFP 2024 / YASUYOSHI CHIBABrazilian sailor Felipe Rondina carries the Olympic flame on a speedboat at Lake Paranoa in Brasilia on May 3, 2016. Embattled President Dilma Rousseff greeted the Olympic flame in Brazil on Tuesday, promising not to allow a raging political crisis, which could see her suspended within days, to spoil the Rio Games. The torch will now be carried in a relay by 12,000 people through 329 cities, ending in Rio's Maracana stadium on August 5 for the opening ceremony.
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Brazilian sailor Felipe Rondina carries the Olympic flame on a speedboat at Lake Paranoa in Brasilia on May 3, 2016. Embattled President Dilma Rousseff greeted the Olympic flame in Brazil on Tuesday, promising not to allow a raging political crisis, which could see her suspended within days, to spoil the Rio Games. The torch will now be carried in a relay by 12,000 people through 329 cities, ending in Rio's Maracana stadium on August 5 for the opening ceremony.
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© AFP 2024 / EVARISTO SAPM mounted militarized police sargent Elayne Silva carries the Olympic Torch in Brasilia, on May 3,m 2016. Embattled President Dilma Rousseff greeted the Olympic flame in Brazil on Tuesday, promising not to allow a raging political crisis, which could see her suspended within days, to spoil the Rio Games.
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PM mounted militarized police sargent Elayne Silva carries the Olympic Torch in Brasilia, on May 3,m 2016. Embattled President Dilma Rousseff greeted the Olympic flame in Brazil on Tuesday, promising not to allow a raging political crisis, which could see her suspended within days, to spoil the Rio Games.
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© AFP 2024 / EVARISTO SABrazilian Olympic Committee President Carlos Arthur Nuzman holds the Olympic flame as he arrives in Brasilia from Geneva on May 3, 2016, beginning the flame's journey across the country before the start of the 2016 Olympic Games on August 5. The Olympic flame arrived in Brasilia May 3 aboard a flight from Geneva to embark on a procession across Brazil culminating in the opening ceremony of the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro. The torch will travel to more than 300 towns and cities carried by some 12,000 relay runners before arriving August 5 at the mythic Maracana stadium to kick off the first Olympics in South America.
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Brazilian Olympic Committee President Carlos Arthur Nuzman holds the Olympic flame as he arrives in Brasilia from Geneva on May 3, 2016, beginning the flame's journey across the country before the start of the 2016 Olympic Games on August 5. The Olympic flame arrived in Brasilia May 3 aboard a flight from Geneva to embark on a procession across Brazil culminating in the opening ceremony of the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro. The torch will travel to more than 300 towns and cities carried by some 12,000 relay runners before arriving August 5 at the mythic Maracana stadium to kick off the first Olympics in South America.
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© AP Photo / Andre PennerBrazilian skateboarder Rony Gomes carries the Olympic torch in front of the Ipiranga museum during the torch relay in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Sunday, July 24, 2016. The three-month torch relay across Brazil will end at the opening ceremony on Aug. 5 in Rio de Janeiro's Maracana stadium. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
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Brazilian skateboarder Rony Gomes carries the Olympic torch in front of the Ipiranga museum during the torch relay in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Sunday, July 24, 2016. The three-month torch relay across Brazil will end at the opening ceremony on Aug. 5 in Rio de Janeiro's Maracana stadium. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
© AFP 2024 / RAPHAEL ALVES Dessana indigenous shaman Raimundo Dessana holds the Olympic Torch during a ritual at the Tupe Reservation in the outskirts of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil, on June 20, 2016. RAPHAEL ALVES / AFP
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Dessana indigenous shaman Raimundo Dessana holds the Olympic Torch during a ritual at the Tupe Reservation in the outskirts of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil, on June 20, 2016. RAPHAEL ALVES / AFP
© AP Photo / Eraldo PeresFILE - In this May 3, 2016, file photo, Brazil's athlete Hudson Alves, left, lights the Olympic torch of former soccer player Lucio da Silva Ferreira during the start of the torch relay in Brasilia, Brazil. The Olympic Games, which acting Brazilian President Michel Temer will declare open on Aug. 5, could prove to be a much needed distraction for a nation that has weathered little more than bad news for several years. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres, File)
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FILE - In this May 3, 2016, file photo, Brazil's athlete Hudson Alves, left, lights the Olympic torch of former soccer player Lucio da Silva Ferreira during the start of the torch relay in Brasilia, Brazil. The Olympic Games, which acting Brazilian President Michel Temer will declare open on Aug. 5, could prove to be a much needed distraction for a nation that has weathered little more than bad news for several years. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres, File)
© AFP 2024 / YASUYOSHI CHIBAMilitary policemam torchbearer Manoel Costa descends from the Juscelino Kubitschek bridge in Brasilia, on May 3, 2016. Embattled President Dilma Rousseff greeted the Olympic flame in Brazil on Tuesday, promising not to allow a raging political crisis, which could see her suspended within days, to spoil the Rio Games. The torch will now be carried in a relay by 12,000 people through 329 cities, ending in Rio's Maracana stadium on August 5 for the opening ceremony.
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Military policemam torchbearer Manoel Costa descends from the Juscelino Kubitschek bridge in Brasilia, on May 3, 2016. Embattled President Dilma Rousseff greeted the Olympic flame in Brazil on Tuesday, promising not to allow a raging political crisis, which could see her suspended within days, to spoil the Rio Games. The torch will now be carried in a relay by 12,000 people through 329 cities, ending in Rio's Maracana stadium on August 5 for the opening ceremony.
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© REUTERS / Andre Luiz Mello/Courtesy of Rio2016Resident Aniceto Gonalves Ferreira takes part in the Olympic Flame torch relay in Sao Miguel das Missoes, Rio Grande do Sul state Brazil, July 4, 2016. Andre Luiz Mello/Courtesy of Rio2016/Handout via Reuters ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY.
Resident Aniceto Gonalves Ferreira takes part in the Olympic Flame torch relay in Sao Miguel das Missoes, Rio Grande do Sul state Brazil, July 4, 2016. Andre Luiz Mello/Courtesy of Rio2016/Handout via Reuters ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY.
© AFP 2024 / EVARISTO SAFormer PM mounted militarized police sargent Helvio Pompilio accompanied by an escort of National Force elite police national unit personnel, carries the Olympic Torch in Brasilia, on May 3,m 2016. Embattled President Dilma Rousseff greeted the Olympic flame in Brazil on Tuesday, promising not to allow a raging political crisis, which could see her suspended within days, to spoil the Rio Games.
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Former PM mounted militarized police sargent Helvio Pompilio accompanied by an escort of National Force elite police national unit personnel, carries the Olympic Torch in Brasilia, on May 3,m 2016. Embattled President Dilma Rousseff greeted the Olympic flame in Brazil on Tuesday, promising not to allow a raging political crisis, which could see her suspended within days, to spoil the Rio Games.
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© AFP 2024 / LOUISA GOULIAMAKIPresident of the Hellenic Olympic Committee Spyros Kapralos (L) hands over the Olympic Flame to Syrian refugee Ibrahim al-Hussein (C), 27, an amputee swimmer, during the Olympic Flame torch relay at the Eleonas refugee camp in Athens on April 26, 2016. A Syrian swimmer and judoka who lost his lower leg in a bombing and who was granted asylum in Greece will carry the flame of the Rio Olympics through an Athens refugee camp, the UN refugee agency said. Ibrahim al-Hussein, 27, will carry the torch through Eleonas camp, where some 1,600 asylum seekers are being given temporary shelter amid Europe's worst migrant crisis since World War II.
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President of the Hellenic Olympic Committee Spyros Kapralos (L) hands over the Olympic Flame to Syrian refugee Ibrahim al-Hussein (C), 27, an amputee swimmer, during the Olympic Flame torch relay at the Eleonas refugee camp in Athens on April 26, 2016. A Syrian swimmer and judoka who lost his lower leg in a bombing and who was granted asylum in Greece will carry the flame of the Rio Olympics through an Athens refugee camp, the UN refugee agency said. Ibrahim al-Hussein, 27, will carry the torch through Eleonas camp, where some 1,600 asylum seekers are being given temporary shelter amid Europe's worst migrant crisis since World War II.
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