In pictures: Paris in final preparations ahead of the 2024 Summer Olympics
                        
                                                    
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                    Final preparations are under way as the French capital prepares to host the 2024 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games. Streets and bridges are closed, large areas are inaccessible, and security is tight as the city gears up for an unprecedented Opening Ceremony on Friday involving a 6-kilometre (4-mile) floating procession down the River Seine.                                 
                            
                        
                        
                                                    
                        
                        
    
    
        
            
            
        
        
    
                        
                            Final preparations are under way as the French capital prepares to host the 2024 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games. Streets and bridges are closed, large areas are inaccessible, and security is tight as the city gears up for an unprecedented Opening Ceremony on Friday involving a 6-kilometre (4-mile) floating procession down the River Seine.