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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe holds up a red glowing ball as Rio de Janeiro hands over the Olympic Games to Tokyo.
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Brazilian singer Roberta Sa performs during the closing ceremony.
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An underwater view of Britain’s Thomas Daley competing in the men’s 10m platform semifinal.
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Athletes participate during the parade of athletes at the closing ceremony.
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Athletes rest after finishing the women’s 3000-meter steeplechase final.
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Mongolia’s wrestling coaches protest the judges’ decision after Mandakhnaran Ganzorig (red) was defeated by Ikhtiyor Navruzov of Uzbekistan in the men’s freestyle 65kg match for the bronze medal.
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China’s synchronized swimming team practices at the Maria Lenk Aquatic Center.
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Samir Ait Said of France in excruciating pain after breaking his leg while competing on the vault during the artistic gymnastics men’s team qualification.
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Japan’s Saori Yoshida (left) in tears as Helen Maroulis of the USA celebrates her win in the women’s freestyle 53kg wrestling event.
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The Brazilian football crowd cheering on their national team before they beat Germany in the men’s final.
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Dutch players wait for the start of their women’s quarterfinal volleyball match against South Korea.
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Michael John Conlan of Ireland gives the finger to the judges after his defeat to Vladimir Nikitin of Russia in the boxing men’s bantam (56kg) quarterfinal.
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Suffering from an injury following a mid-race collision, USA’s Abbey D’Agostino (right) is assisted by her competitor, New Zealand’s Nikki Hamblin, during the women’s 5000m heat.
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Zhong Tianshi of China waits to compete in the women’s keirin second round cycling event.
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Spectators sit in the shade during the equestrian dressage grand prix freestyle event.
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Lucas William Savola gets a feel of his mother, USA’s Kristin Armstrong’s, gold medal after she won the cycling road women’s individual time trial.
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South Africa’s Caster Semenya ecstatic over her women’s 800m final win during the athletics event.
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Cyclists ride past an eco barrier along a polluted canal in the Leblon neighborhood during the women’s road race.
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China’s Yang Bin (red) in combat with Morocco ‘s Zied Ait Ouagram during the men’s greco-roman competition.
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Katie Ledecky of the United States (center) totally wiping out her competition during the women’s 800m freestyle final.
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In a true act of diplomacy, South Korea’s Lee Eun-Ju (right) takes a selfie with North Korea’s Hong Un Jong during a gymnastics practice.
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US gymnast Simone Biles gets in the zone as she competes in the women’s balance beam event final.
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Fu Yuanhui of China (left) pulls a funny face during the medal ceremony for the women’s 100m backstroke event.
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Oscar Albeiro Figueroa Mosquera of Colombia removes his shoes to symbolise his retirement, as he celebrates his final win at the men’s 62kg weightlifting contest.
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Chad le Clos of South Africa looks over to his arch rival, USA’s Michael Phelps, during the men’s 200m butterfly final.
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Spain’s Andres Eduardo Mata Perez lifts during the men’s 77kg weightlifting contest.
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A view of the Olympic diving pool (left) after the wrong chemicals were dumped in the water, turning it green.
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Brazilian water polo players yell to their teammates during a match against Russia.
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Egypt’s Doaa Elghobashy and Germany’s Kira Walkenhorst approach the net at a beach volleyball event.
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Jamaica’s Usain Bolt well ahead of his competition during the men’s 100m sprint semifinal.
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Michael Phelps of the United States competes in the men’s 200m butterfly heat. Phelps went on to win gold for the event, finishing with six medals from Rio and a total of 28 medals from his Olympic career.
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Brazilian rugby player Isadora Cerullo kisses her girlfriend Marjorie, a volunteer, after accepting her marriage proposal on the sidelines of the women’s rugby medal ceremony.
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Mathlynn Sasser of the Marshall Islands in jubilation during the women’s 58kg weightlifting contest.
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Alexander Massialas of the United States (right) defeats Artur Akhmatkhuzin of Russia during a men’s individual foil event.
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Kosuke Hagino of Japan takes the gold in the men’s 400m individual medley final.
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A spectator stands in the empty Deodoro Stadium prior to a rugby match.
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A view of the sunset over the Beach Volleyball Arena at Copacabana on the first day of the games.
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Fireworks illuminate Maracana Stadium as participating nations converge at the opening ceremony.
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Young performers fly kites in the shape of doves, an Olympic tradition that symbolizes peace, to usher in the 2016 Games.
The Games of the XXXI Olympiad have come and gone, leaving the world in a collective ’where the fuck does the time go’ sort of state. The powerful spirit of the games will forever live on, through pictures, memories and maybe a few more Ryan Locthe scandals (if we’re lucky).
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