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PARIS (AP) — Associated Press photographers have shot hundreds of thousands of amazing photos during the Paris Olympics. The Games featured a little something for everyone, and AP was there to capture it all with photos of iconic landmarks, remarkable athletic feats, emotional highs and lows, frenzied fans and much more.
The photographers assigned to the Games combed through hordes of photos they shot and were asked to select their favorite. Here’s a look at those magical moments.
Simone Biles of the United States competes on the balance beam during a women’s artistic gymnastics qualification round at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Sunday, July 28, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
Zheng Qinwen of China celebrates as she defeats Iga Swiatek of Poland during their women’s tennis semifinal match at the Roland Garros Stadium at the 2024 Summer Olympics on Aug.1, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
Spain’s Alvaro Granados Ortega shoots to score during a men’s water polo Group B preliminary match between Serbia and Spain, at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
Andre de Grasse, of Canada, left, celebrates with Aaron Brown, after winning the men’s 4 x 100-meter relay final at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Friday, Aug. 9, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
Jon Rahm, of Spain, plays off the 11th tee during the final round of the men’s golf event at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2024, at Le Golf National in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France. (AP Photo/Matt York)
Canada’s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander grabs a rebound during a men’s basketball game at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, July 30, 2024, in Villeneuve-d’Ascq, France. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, Pool)
Spain’s Alex Baena, right, celebrates after scoring his goal during the men’s soccer gold medal match between France and Spain at the Parc des Princes during the 2024 Summer Olympics, Friday, Aug. 9, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard)
Darlan Ferreira Souza,center, of Brazil, spikes the ball against Egypt during the Group B men’s volleyball match between Brazil and Egypt at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Friday, Aug. 2, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)
Quincy Hall, of the United States, celebrates after winning the men’s 400-meter final at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Stiliana Nikolova, of Bulgaria performs in the rhythmic gymnastics individuals all-round qualification round, at La Chapelle Arena at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
Official doctors prohibit Algeria’s Chaimaa Fouzia Aouissi to fight in the round of 16 of the women’s freestyle 57kg wrestling match against Nigeria’s Odunayo Folasade Adekuoroye, at Champ-de-Mars Arena, during the 2024 Summer Olympics, Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
Team Germany, second from bottom, competes in the women’s quadruple sculls rowing final at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, July 31, 2024, in Vaires-sur-Marne, France. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
Ramzi Boukhiam, of Morrocco, falls while competing during the second round of the 2024 Summer Olympics surfing competition Sunday, July 28, 2024, in Teahupo’o, Tahiti. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
Belgium’s Emma Puvrez celebrates after scoring her side’s first goal during the women’s semi-final field hockey match between Belgium and China at the Yves-du-Manoir Stadium during the 2024 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024, in Colombes, France. (AP Photo/ Anjum Naveed)
Romain Mahieu of France, winner of the bronze medal in the men’s race, hugs women’s gold medallist Saya Sakakibara of Australia, following the BMX racing events, at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Friday, Aug. 2, 2024, in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
United State’s Nick Itkin competes with France’s Enzo Lefort in the men’s team foil bronze final match during the 2024 Summer Olympics at the Grand Palais, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
Nicholas Paul of Trinidad And Tobago competes during the men’s sprint event, at the Summer Olympics, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan)
The Archery venue can be seen from atop Les Invalides at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, Pool)
Serbia’s Novak Djokovic embraces his daughter Tara after defeating Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz in the men’s singles tennis final at the Roland Garros Stadium during the 2024 Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
Brazil’s Priscila eyes the ball during a women’s semifinal soccer match between Brazil and Spain at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2024, at Marseille Stadium in Marseille, France. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Kimberley Woods of Britain competes in the women’s kayak cross time trial at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Friday, Aug. 2, 2024, in Vaires-sur-Marne, France. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Algeria’s Imane Khelif celebrates after defeating China’s Yang Liu to win gold in their women’s 66 kg final boxing match at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Friday, Aug. 9, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
Scottie Scheffler, of the United States, hits from the second tee during the final round of the men’s golf event at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2024, at Le Golf National in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
Tom Reuveny of Israel jumps from his iQFOiL windsurfer after finishing first in the final race to win the men’s iQFOiL windsurfing class gold medal during the 2024 Summer Olympics, Saturday, Aug. 3, 2024, in Marseille, France. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
France and Argentina players argue at the end of a quarter final soccer match between France and Argentina, at Bordeaux Stadium, during the 2024 Summer Olympics, Friday, Aug. 2, 2024, in Bordeaux, France. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
Morocco’s Widad Bertal celebrates after defeating Thailand’s Jutamas Jitpong in their women’s 54kg preliminary boxing match at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, July 30, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/John Locher)
Silver medalist Simone Biles, of the United States, left, and bronze medalist Jordan Chiles, of the United States, right, bow to gold medalist Rebeca Andrade, of Brazil, during the medal ceremony for the women’s artistic gymnastics individual floor finals at Bercy Arena at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Monday, Aug. 5, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)
Ceremonial smoke in the colors of the France flag appear over the Seine River in Paris, France, during the opening ceremony of the 2024 Summer Olympics, Friday, July 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
Petra Simon, of Hungary, attempts to score against Netherlands during a women’s handball match at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Saturday, Aug. 3, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
Competitors run through Place Vendome in central Paris during the men’s marathon at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Saturday, Aug. 10, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, Pool)
The United States women’s gymnastics team celebrates after winning the gold medal in the women’s artistic gymnastics team finals at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, July 30, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
Canada’s Maximilien van Haaster competes with Egypt’s Mohamed Hamza in the men’s team foil match during the 2024 Summer Olympics at the Grand Palais, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)
France’s Jean-Philippe Mateta(14), left, celebrates with teammates after scoring his side’s 2nd goal in extra time during the men’s semifinal soccer match between France and Egypt, at Lyon Stadium, during the 2024 Summer Olympics, Monday, Aug. 5, 2024, in Decines, France. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
Egypt’s Mohamed Elsayed celebrates after winning the men’s individual Epee bronze final match against Hungary’s Tibor Andrasfi at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Sunday, July 28, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
Britain’s Amber Jo Rutter ejects empty cartridges from her gun as she competes in the Skeet women’s final at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2024, in Chateauroux, France. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
Noah Lyles, of the United States, jumps ahead of the men’s 100-meters final at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2024, in Nanterre, France. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
A spectator walks through a water mist sprayer on her way to the Eiffel Tower Stadium to watch a beach volleyball match at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Sunday, July 28, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
United States’ Coco Gauff and Lebron James travel along the Seine River in Paris, France, during the opening ceremony of the 2024 Summer Olympics, Friday, July 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis,Pool)
France’s Kadidiatou Diani prepares to head the ball during the women’s Group A soccer match between France and Colombia at the Lyon stadium during the 2024 Summer Olympics, Thursday, July 25, 2024, in Decines, France. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)
Malaysia’s Lee Zii Jia plays against India’s Lakshya Sen during their men’s singles badminton bronze medal match at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Monday, Aug. 5, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)
Noah Lyles of the United States reacts ahead of his men’s 100-meter semifinal at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
France players jump for a block during a quarterfinal handball match between Germany and France at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024, in Villeneuve-d’Ascq, France. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)
Water is sprayed on the pitch as the ball boys and girls walk along the center line before the start of the men’s Group A field hockey match between South Africa and Germany at the Yves-du-Manoir Stadium during the 2024 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, July 30, 2024, in Colombes, France. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)
France’s Gaetan Alin, known as B-Boy Lagaet competes during the B-Boys round robin battle for the breaking competition at La Concorde Urban Park at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Saturday, Aug. 10, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
Members of Team Ghana travel on a boat on the Seine River, during the opening ceremony of the 2024 Summer Olympics, Friday, July 26, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)
Valentin Bontus, of Austria, screams with joy after winning the gold, during a men’s kite final race, Friday, Aug. 9, 2024, during the 2024 Summer Olympics in Marseille, France. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Julien Alfred, of Saint Lucia, leads the field to win the women’s 100-meter final at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Saturday, Aug. 3, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)
Sweden’s Henrik von Eckermann, riding King Edward, competes in the equestrian team jumping finals, at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Friday, Aug. 2, 2024, in Versailles, France. (AP Photo/Mosa’ab Elshamy)
Malaysia’s Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik celebrate after defeating India’s Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty during their men’s doubles badminton quarterfinal match at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
Italy’s Giovanni Tocci competes in the men’s 3m springboard diving preliminary at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
A fleet of boats compete in the mixed multihull sailing race during the 2024 Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2024, in Marseille, France. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)
Ezinne Kalu (23), and Promise Amukamara (10), of Nigeria, celebrate in a women’s basketball game against Canada at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2024, in Villeneuve-d’Ascq, France. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
In this image taken with a slow shutter speed, players challenge for the ball during a men’s volleyball bronze medal match between Italy and the United States at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Friday, Aug. 9, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
A couple embraces in the street as the flag of France hangs from a restaurant ahead of the 2024 Summer Olympics, Sunday, July 21, 2024, in Paris. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
Mexico’s Alegna Gonzales competes during the marathon race walk relay mixed at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)
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