Images: Winter Olympics, Friday, February 7th
Artists perform during the opening ceremony.
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A member of the United States team takes pictures as he enters the stadium during the opening ceremony.
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Fireworks are seen over the Olympic Park during the opening ceremony.
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Artists perform during the opening ceremony.
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Actors perform during the opening ceremony.
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Spectators wave the Russian flag during the opening ceremony.
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Vladislav Tretyak carries the torch during the opening ceremony .
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Todd Lodwick of the United States carries his country flag as the team arrives during the opening ceremony.
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United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, second from left, Russian President Vladimir Putin, centre, and Russian bobsledder Irina Skvortsova, right, applaud during the opening ceremony.
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Vladsilav Tretyak holds the torch during the opening ceremony.
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Sculptures cross the stage during the opening ceremony.
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Fireworks explode over Olympic Park at the end of the opening ceremony.
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Freeskier Heidi Kloser of the United States walks on crutches after she injured her right leg during a training run before moguls qualifying as she arrives for the opening ceremony.
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Young Russian girls watch intensely as the live telecast of the 2014 Winter Olympics opening ceremony is broadcast on giant screens, Friday, Feb. 7, 2014, in downtown Sochi, Russia.
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International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach, left, shakes hands with President and CEO of the Sochi 2014 organizing committee Dmitry Chernyshenko during the opening ceremony.
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Todd Lodwick of the United States carries the national flag as he leads the team during the opening ceremony.
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Alina Kabaeva holds the torch flanked by Maria Sharapova, right, and Alexandr Karelin during the opening ceremony .
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Dancers perform during the opening ceremony.
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A Russian woman watches the live telecast of the 2014 Winter Olympics opening ceremony, Friday, Feb. 7, 2014, in downtown Sochi, Russia.
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Todd Lodwick of the United States carries the national flag as he leads his team into the stadium during the opening ceremony .
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The Olympic Cauldron is lit during the opening ceremony.
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Fireworks are seen over the Olympic Cauldron during the opening ceremony .
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United States athletes enter the arena waving their national flag during the opening ceremony.
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An artist performs during the opening ceremony.
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The Olympic flag is carried during the opening ceremony.
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Freeskier Heidi Kloser of the United States, left, walks on crutches after she injured her right leg during a training run before moguls qualifying as she arrives for the opening ceremony.
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Vladislav Tretiak carries the torch during the opening ceremony.
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Members of the Chinese team cheer during the opening ceremony.
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Winter Olympic sport logos are illuminated and suspended during the opening ceremony.
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Logos all sports are illuminated during the opening ceremony.
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Todd Lodwick of the United States carries his country flag as the team arrives during the opening ceremony.
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The United States team arrives during the opening ceremony.
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Artists perform during the opening ceremony.
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The Olympic cauldron is lit during the opening ceremony.
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Alexander Zubkov of Russia holds her national flag and enters the arena with teammates during the opening ceremony.
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The Olympic and the Russian flags wave during the opening ceremony.
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Fireworks are seen over the Olympic Cauldron during the opening ceremony .
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Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, stands to declare the 2014 Winter Olympics open.
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Maria Sharapova carries the torch during the opening ceremony.
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Fireworks explode over Roza Khutor, near Krasnaya Polyana, Russia, the mountain Olympic cluster, Friday, Feb. 7, 2014, during opening of the 2014 Winter Olympics.
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Performers wearing illuminated suits create the Russian flag during the opening ceremony.
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Dancers perform during the opening ceremony.
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Russias Maria Sharapova carries the torch during the opening ceremony.
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