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Paris 2024: France Gets Flamed

The Olympic Flame arrived via Marseille and will be carried across France before arriving in Paris. The Games' last-minute to-do list includes tightening security and hiding "undesirables."

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May 11, 2024
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The Olympic Flame relay begins in Marseille. Paris 2024 / Credit: IOC

This whole Olympic thing is getting a lot more real. Walking across Paris, a visitor will encounter a frenzy of bandstands being erected and an endless series of big and small nods to the games in the form of decorations and icons and Olympic merch.

But the real action this week was in…

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