A ceremony of the 2024 Summer Olympic torch relay is held after the arrival of the torch carried by a sailing ship in Marseille, France on May 8, 2024. The torch for the Paris Olympics, which was lit in Olympia in western Greece, was carried by a huge sailing ship and arrived at the old port of Marseille in southern France. The torch relay will begin on May 9th and run until the opening ceremony on July 26th, with about 10,000 people running through more than 400 municipalities in France, including overseas territories.( The Yomiuri Shimbun via AP Images )