Olympic events to watch this weekend

Japanese tennis prima Naomi Osaka lights the Olympic cauldron astatine the extremity of the opening ceremonial connected Friday, July 23.

An overhead presumption of Osaka lighting the cauldron. The cauldron was designed successful the signifier of a cherry blossom.

Fireworks spell disconnected aft Osaka lit the Olympic cauldron.

Seiko Hashimoto, president of the Tokyo 2020 organizing committee, makes a code during the opening ceremony. At near is Thomas Bach, president of the International Olympic Committee.

Live performers airs arsenic the triathlon pictogram during the opening ceremony. There are 50 sports taking spot this twelvemonth successful the Tokyo Olympics, and each of their pictograms were acted retired by the performers.

The Olympic emblem is carried toward the Olympic cauldron during the opening ceremony.

Japanese jazz composer Hiromi Uehara plays the soft during the opening ceremony.

People transportation the Olympic emblem during the ceremony.

Japan's Emperor Naruhito delivers a code and formally opens the Olympic Games connected Friday.

During 1 information of the opening ceremony, determination were 1,800 drones flying implicit the stadium to signifier a globe successful the nighttime sky. As the glowing drones soared implicit the stadium, performers sang "Imagine" by John Lennon.

Athletes from the United States march during the customary parade of nations.

Members of the Refugee Olympic Team march during the parade of nations.

Athletes from Team Norway instrumentality portion successful the parade of nations.

Athletes from assorted nations beryllium during the opening ceremony.

The Olympic teams from each state ticker performers connected stage.

Members of Hong Kong's delegation airs for a selfie during the opening ceremony.

US athletes clasp an American emblem during the parade of nations.

Russian athletes airs for a photograph during the opening ceremony.

Athletes from each nations stitchery wrong the stadium aft the parade of nations.

Tongan flag-bearer Pita Taufatofua made headlines for going shirtless astatine the 2016 and 2020 opening ceremonies, and helium was astatine it again successful Tokyo. He volition beryllium competing successful taekwondo.

Team Kazakhstan walks retired for the parade of nations.

French athletes march during the opening ceremony.

A subordinate of Egypt's delegation enters the stadium during the parade of nations.

British flag-bearers Hannah Mills and Mohamed Sbihi pb retired the squad during the opening ceremony's parade of nations. Sbihi, a rower, made past arsenic Great Britain's archetypal Muslim flag-bearer.

Greece's athletes march into the stadium to footwear disconnected the parade of nations.

Dancers instrumentality portion successful the commencement of the opening ceremony.

People execute during the opening ceremony.

The Japanese emblem is carried during the opening ceremony. After the Japanese National Anthem was sung, a infinitesimal of soundlessness was called to retrieve the planetary victims of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Performers instrumentality portion successful the opening ceremony.

A performer acts during the opening ceremony.

Jill Biden, the archetypal woman of the United States, takes portion successful a infinitesimal of soundlessness during the opening ceremony.

The commencement of the ceremonial reflected the isolated grooming that galore athletes had to bash during the pandemic.

A lone performer is seen during the commencement of the opening ceremony.

Fireworks detonate implicit the stadium arsenic the opening ceremonial got underway.

A unpaid is seen successful the mostly bare stadium connected Friday. Organizers said lone 950 VIPs would beryllium contiguous successful a stadium that tin spot astir 70,000 people.

Fireworks airy up the entity connected Friday.