The Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games is the biggest event ever organised in France. Taking place from 26 July to 11 August 2024, when Paris will become the centre of the world—the world of sport, and so much more. The Games are a popular, multicultural festival shared by so many people around the planet and represent a new adventure for France unlike anything it has experienced before.

1. Paris 2024 Olympics
Women's Semi-Finals Run 1, Heat 1 on day seven of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines BMX Stadium | Alex Broadway Getty Images

2. Paris Olympics 2024
Ukraine's Yaroslava Mahuchikh competes in the women's high jump final | ANDREJ ISAKOVIC AFP via Getty Images

3. Paris 2024 Olympic Games
A surfer takes part in a surfing training session in Teahupo'o | BEN THOUARD / AFP via Getty Images

4. Olympic Games at the Roland-Garros Stadium
Taiwan's Lin Yu-ting and Turkey's Esra Yildiz Kahraman (Blue) compete in the women's 57kg semi-final boxing match | MOHD RASFAN AFP via Getty Images