2024 Paris Olympics closing ceremony begins

Spectators attend the closing ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Stade de France, in Saint-Denis, in the outskirts of Paris, on August 11, 2024. (MOHD RASFAN / AFP)
Spectators attend the closing ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Stade de France, in Saint-Denis, in the outskirts of Paris, on August 11, 2024. (MOHD RASFAN / AFP)

PARIS, France — The closing ceremony of the 2024 Olympics is underway at a packed Stade de France, bringing the curtain down on a Games widely regarded as one of the most successful in history.

With Los Angeles hosting the next Olympics in 2028, the ceremony will be sprinkled with Hollywood stardust. Tom Cruise is widely expected to play a major role in the handover.

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