On the 3rd of August the Olympic Flame arrived at the main city of the Olympics 2016 Rio. The capital of the Summer Olympics will see the final days of the Olympic Torch delivery events on Thursday and Friday.
On the photo, Rio dancers are entertaining the publicity.
On the photo, the main tourist attraction of Rio – the Statue of Jesus Christ on the top of the Corcovado mountain. Annually, thousands of people fly to Rio in order to make a photo with the statue.
The sports event was expected to cause more rush - the organizers hoped the tickets would be sold out faster. For the moment, over 70% of all entrance tickets have been sold. As far as you may know, Brazil is spending around $20 bln on the 2016 Olympics in Rio.
On the photo, girls are taking a photo near the fresco picturing the native population of Brazil.
On the photo, the locals are spending their time on Ipanema beach shortly before the Olympic Games opening ceremony.
There was a rehearsal of the 2016 Summer Olympics opening ceremony on the eve. In fact, the celebration event will take place on Maracana stadium.
On the photo, sun is rising on Copacabana beach.
On the photo, narrow yellow trams are one more symbol of Rio.
On the photo, the touristic neighborhood in Rio.
On the photo, the view to the Two Brothers Mountain as seen from the Pedra Bonita Mountain.
On the photo, futuristic-style golf field made especially for the Olympics.
On the photo, athletes are training in the Guanabara Bay.
On Thursday, the Russian flag-raising ceremony took place in Rio. The team of over 200 Russian athletes arrived at the capital of 2016 Summer Olympics.
On the photo, the Russian Olympic team in Rio.
In fact, at the moment of the Russian flag-raising the final number of the Russian athletes was not announced.
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