Rio Olympics 2016

3rd & 7 37yd

2 minutes #OpeningCeremony

by Caroline Stauffer via twitter 8/5/2016 10:58:10 PM
The wave has started in the stadium. Crowd getting excited to sit for hours

by Liana B. Baker via twitter 8/5/2016 10:53:32 PM
Made it! Gonna be a long night at opening ceremony @ Maracanã - Portão Leste D - Bellini www.instagram.com

by Liana B. Baker via twitter 8/5/2016 10:49:55 PM
#OnlyInRio ??

by Cassandra Garrison via twitter 8/5/2016 10:49:26 PM
Gearing up for #OpeningCeremony , thousands of seats still open with tight security http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CpIVq0JXEAAXNSC.jpg

by Caroline Stauffer via twitter 8/5/2016 10:47:25 PM
Well here's something you don't see everyday. This downtown Rio watch party is certainly not short on sights and sounds.

by cassandra.garrison 8/5/2016 10:45:18 PM
Canoe : Australian paddler aims to outfox strong field reut.rs/2aB3YhW via @Reuters

by Amy Tennery via twitter 8/5/2016 10:41:39 PM
Canadians representing in downtown Rio b

by cassandra.garrison 8/5/2016 10:40:02 PM
View of the stadium. REUTERS/Pawel Kopczynski

by Jeremy Schultz 8/5/2016 10:40:01 PM
If the most popular foods of Rio de Janeiro have one thing in common, it is their informality -- unpretentious, meat-centric food that locals eat in crowded bars or busy street corners after a day at the beach.

by natalie.armstrong 8/5/2016 10:37:13 PM
Forecast or command in the Maracanã? Jorge Ben track warming up the crowd. Would be great if he shows up tonight... http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CpIPRJ5WIAEaLiL.jpg

by Brad Haynes via twitter retweeted by mhmilliken 8/5/2016 10:29:50 PM
REUTERS/Issei Kato

by Jeremy Schultz 8/5/2016 10:29:23 PM
Empty seats. REUTERS/Fabrizo Bensch

by Jeremy Schultz 8/5/2016 10:28:09 PM
Olympics Rio 2016
ReutersSchedules, venues and sports for the 2016 olympics in Rio

by elizabeth.culliford edited by Leela de Kretser 8/5/2016 10:27:33 PM
Half an hour until #OpeningCeremony begins and still many many empty seats. We hear security outside very tight, lines very long. #Rio2016

by Mary Milliken via twitter 8/5/2016 10:26:53 PM
In downtown Rio, hundreds have gathered at s public watch party for the opening ceremony of #Rio2016

by Cassandra Garrison via twitter 8/5/2016 10:24:06 PM
I spy... @CassLGarrison reporting live from Rio! #Rio2016 http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CpIKxPiXgAAWnoG.jpg

by Amy Tennery via twitter retweeted by CassLGarrison 8/5/2016 10:23:11 PM
by Stephanie Brumsey 8/5/2016 10:11:58 PM
Magical light as the sun goes down on the Olympic Park and the… www.instagram.com

by Ossian Shine via twitter 8/5/2016 10:02:32 PM
I spy... @CassLGarrison reporting live from Rio! #Rio2016 http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CpIKxPiXgAAWnoG.jpg

by Amy Tennery via twitter 8/5/2016 9:59:56 PM
Obviously running late to ceremony. Streets are a maze with a lot blocked off around Maracana stadium. Almost in!

by Liana B. Baker via twitter 8/5/2016 9:57:31 PM
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by elizabeth.culliford 8/5/2016 9:30:52 PM
A man is arrested during protests outside Maracana stadium. REUTERS/Pedro Fonseca

by Canice Leung 8/5/2016 9:30:08 PM
Soldiers patrol ahead of the opening ceremony. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis

by elizabeth.culliford 8/5/2016 9:30:04 PM
ESPN to battle local networks in Latin America for Olympic viewers in.mobile.reuters.com/article/idINKC…

by Liana B. Baker via twitter 8/5/2016 9:27:25 PM
The sun sets before the opening ceremonies at Maracana stadium. REUTERS/Pawel Kopczynski

by Canice Leung 8/5/2016 9:27:13 PM
#Brazil police use tear gas, stun grenades at Rio protest #OpeningCeremony @pedrofonsecass

by Caroline Stauffer via twitter 8/5/2016 9:26:51 PM
Former Brazilian tennis player Gustavo Kuerten. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes

by Canice Leung 8/5/2016 9:06:51 PM
BREAKING: Brazil tennis great Gustavo Kuerten to light Olympic cauldron at #Rio2016 opening ceremony - report

by elizabeth.culliford 8/5/2016 9:03:25 PM
Fireworks light up the night sky above Rio's Maracana stadium during the Opening Ceremony spectacle to kick off the Summer 2016 games after months of controversy.

by natalie.armstrong 8/5/2016 8:04:00 PM
An hour and a half in press bus and we appear to be moving away from maracana stadium #OpeningCeremony #Olympics2016

by Caroline Stauffer via twitter 8/5/2016 7:45:07 PM
The Olympic torch makes its way up Rio's iconic Sugarloaf Mountain in the final moments before the Opening Ceremony kicks off.

by natalie.armstrong 8/5/2016 7:40:00 PM
Protesters set fire to a Brazilian flag near Maracana stadium a couple of hours before the start of the Opening Ceremony, with one bystander branding them as ''idiots.''

by natalie.armstrong 8/5/2016 7:25:00 PM
Greek athlete expelled from Olympic village after positive drug test, team tells Reuters #Rio2016

by Ossian Shine via twitter 8/5/2016 7:07:27 PM
BREAKING: Greek athlete expelled from Olympic village after positive drug test - team

by elizabeth.culliford 8/5/2016 7:06:59 PM
J'ai chopé un Nidoqueen sur #Copacabana ce matin #Rio2016 #PokemonGO http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CpHQXFeXYAEYDO1.jpg

by Benoit Tessier via twitter retweeted by CassLGarrison 8/5/2016 6:51:56 PM
Rio's Itamaraty Palace, where @JohnKerry meeting Brazil counterpart. A bit run down, but great place for a party. http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CpHWfZMWYAEr5nO.jpg

by Paulo Prada via twitter 8/5/2016 6:51:01 PM
Demonstrators set fire to a 2016 Rio Olympics shirt moments before the official Opening Ceremony to the Summer Games.

by natalie.armstrong 8/5/2016 6:36:00 PM
by natalie.armstrong 8/5/2016 6:36:00 PM
Protesters clog Rio's Copacabana beach ahead of Games opening
ReutersThe Olympic torch began its final journey to the opening ceremony of the Games on Friday beneath the outstretched arms of Rio de Janeiro's iconic Christ the Redeemer statue, while anti-government protests clogged the famous Copacabana beach boulevard.

by cassandra.garrison 8/5/2016 6:21:17 PM
People opposed to the impeachment of Brazil's former President Dilma Rousseff attend a demonstration against interim President Michel Temer on Copacabana before the opening ceremony of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, August 5, 2016. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

by Corinne Perkins 8/5/2016 5:41:34 PM
Gearing up for #Rio2016 @Reuters reutersbest.com/articles/view/…

by abbeserphos via twitter retweeted by ossianshine 8/5/2016 5:30:16 PM
Hungry journalists just waiting for a burger.... #Rio2016 http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CpHMq6FXgAASXkJ.jpg

by Cassandra Garrison via twitter 8/5/2016 5:28:35 PM
After a string of attacks in Europe and the U.S., Brazil is ramping up security at and around the Olympic games, deploying some 88,000 troops and police.

by natalie.armstrong 8/5/2016 5:23:18 PM
GALLERY: Pin passion in Rio
Pin traders gather to swap Olympic memorabilia in Rio, in a collecting obsession that stretches back decades.

by Canice Leung 8/5/2016 5:08:21 PM

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