The torch for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games has been lit in ancient Olympia, Greece in a traditional ceremony on Tuesday.
Greek actress Mary Mina, playing the role of high priestess, lit the torch using a backup flame instead of a parabolic mirror that is normally used, due to cloudy skies, for the start of a relay in Greece and France.
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