The flame for this summer’s Paris Olympics was lit during a ceremony that took place at the birthplace of the ancient Olympic Games in southern Greece.

The torch will now be carried through Greece before being handed over to French organizers at the Athens venue used for the first modern Olympics in 1896.

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