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Team Canada wave as they walk into the stadium during the opening ceremony for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 5, 2016.
AP Photo/Matthias Schrader
The Rio Olympics officially launched Friday with its opening ceremony, a massive production that has come to mark the beginning of every Olympics.
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Each country’s Olympic team got the chance to enter the Maracana Stadium, flags waving high. Heading into competition, the athletes appear to be having a pretty good time.
Rosie MacLennan leads team Canada into the stadium during the opening ceremonies at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on Friday, Aug. 5, 2016.
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Argentina
Team Argentina arrives during the opening ceremony for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 5, 2016.
AP Photo/Michael Sohn
Burundi
Team Burundi arrives during the opening ceremony for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 5, 2016.
AP Photo/Michael Sohn
China
Lei Sheng carries the flag of China during the opening ceremony for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 5, 2016.
AP Photo/Michael Sohn
Members of team China take pictures during the opening ceremony for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 5, 2016.
AP Photo/Charlie Riedel
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Croatia
Team Croatia enters the stadium during the opening ceremony for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 5, 2016.
AP Photo/Markus Schreiber
Denmark
Caroline Wozniacki carries the flag of Denmark during the opening ceremony for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 5, 2016.
AP Photo/David J. Phillip
Egypt
Egypt delegation enters the field during the Opening Ceremony of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.
EPA/TATYANA ZENKOVICH
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Jamaica
Team Jamaica arrives during the opening ceremony for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 5, 2016.
AP Photo/Matt Dunham
Mongolia
Temuulen Battulga carries the flag of Mongolia during the opening ceremony for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 5, 2016.
AP Photo/Matt Slocum
Nigeria
Olufunke Oshonaike carries the flag of Nigeria during the opening ceremony for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 5, 2016.
AP Photo/David Goldman
Russia
Sergei Tetiukhin carries the flag of Russia during the opening ceremony for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 5, 2016.
AP Photo/Matt Slocum
Poland
Poland delegation enters the field during the Opening Ceremony of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.
EPA/TATYANA ZENKOVICH
