Opening ceremony outfits at the Tokyo Olympics
Flag bearer Malia Paseka of Tonga and Pita Taufatofua of Tonga lead their contingent during the athletes parade at the opening ceremony. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth
Athletes from Italy. REUTERS/Hannah Mckay
Flag bearers Matie Stanley of Tuvalu and Karalo Maibuca of Tuvalu. REUTERS/Hannah Mckay
Canada. REUTERS/Hannah Mckay
Kenya. REUTERS/Hannah Mckay
Keet Oldenbeuving of the Netherlands and Churandy Martina of the Netherlands lead their contingent. REUTERS/Mike Blake
Athletes from Cameroon. REUTERS/Hannah Mckay
Athletes from Serbia. REUTERS/Hannah Mckay
Athletes from Iran. REUTERS/Hannah Mckay
China. REUTERS/Hannah Mckay
Athletes from Latvia. REUTERS/Hannah Mckay
United States contingent. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth
Flagbearers Veronica Cepede of Paraguay and Fabrizio Zanotti of Paraguay. REUTERS/Phil Noble
Athletes from Germany. REUTERS/Hannah Mckay
Flagbearers Joseph Essombe Tiako of Cameroon and Albert Mengue Ayissi of Cameroon. REUTERS/Phil Noble
Athletes from South Korea. REUTERS/Hannah Mckay
Athletes from Morocco. REUTERS/Hannah Mckay
Flag bearers Kirsten Fisher-Marsters of the Cook Islands and Wesley Roberts of the Cook Islands. REUTERS/Mike Blake
Flag bearers Tilka Paljk of Zambia and Everisto Mulenga of Zambia. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach
Senegal. REUTERS/Hannah Mckay
Athletes of Colombia. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach
Athletes from Czech Republic. REUTERS/Hannah Mckay
Flagbearers Sandra Perkovic of Croatia and Josip Glasnovic of Croatia lead their contingent. REUTERS/Phil Noble
Indonesia's contingent. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth
Athletes of Australia. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach
Athletes from Britain. REUTERS/Hannah Mckay
Kirabo Namutebi and Musa Bwogi of Uganda lead their contingent. REUTERS/Mike Blake
Olena Kostevych and Bogdan Nikishin of Ukraine lead their contingent. REUTERS/Mike Blake
Flag bearers Malia Paseka and Pita Taufatofua of Tonga lead their contingent. REUTERS/Mike Blake
Natalia Santos of Angola leads their contingent. REUTERS/Mike Blake
Enrique Jose Arathoon Pacas and Celina Marquez of El Salvador lead their contingent. REUTERS/Mike Blake
Athletes from France. REUTERS/Hannah Mckay
Athletes of Switzerland. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach
Flag bearers Talal Alrashidi and Lara Dashti of Kuwait lead their contingent. REUTERS/Mike Blake
Flag bearers Sharon Firisua and Edgar Iro of the Solomon Islands lead their team. REUTERS/Hannah Mckay
Tonu Endrekson and Dina Ellermann of Estonia lead their contingent. REUTERS/Mike Blake
Athletes from Spain. REUTERS/Hannah Mckay
Flag bearers Bunpichmorakat Kheun and Sokong Pen of Cambodia lead their contingent. REUTERS/Mike Blake
Athletes from Poland. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch
Nadia Eke and Sulemanu Tetteh of Ghana lead their contingent. REUTERS/Mike Blake
Athletes from Slovakia. REUTERS/Hannah Mckay
Flag bearers Andrew Fowler and Chelsea Edghill of Guyana lead their contingent. REUTERS/Mike Blake
Flagbearers Jeanne Boutbien and Mbagnick Ndiaye of Senegal lead their contingent. REUTERS/Phil Noble
Jordin Andrade and Jayla Pina of Cape Verde lead their contingent. REUTERS/Mike Blake
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