This photograph shows a river barrier builded to prevent traffic, upstream of the athletes' village for the Paris 2024 Olympics and Paralympics game, in Saint-Denis, north of Paris, on July 18, 2024, ahead of the opening ceremony. The athletes' village for the Paris Olympics and Paralympics officially opened and welcomed its first inhabitants on July 18, 2024. The village to the north of Paris will house nearly 14,500 people, including 9,000 athletes, at its peak. Eight days before the opening ceremony, the first team members to arrive were from Australia and Brazil. (Photo by Geoffroy VAN DER HASSELT / AFP)