Photo Gallery: Opening Ceremony
The Olympic cauldron is lit during the opening ceremony of the Sochi Winter Games, Friday night.
REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov
Fireworks explode over Fisht Olympic Stadium at the beginning of the opening ceremony.
ALEXANDER NEMENOV/AFP/Getty Images
Only four of the five Olympic rings lit up during a glitch in the opening ceremony.
REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson
Artists depict aspects of Russian history.
AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev
Dancers perform Dove of Peace.
Bruce Bennett/Getty Images
Part of the pageantry included performers on roller blades with lighted suits.
Richard Lautens/Toronto Star/Getty Images
A general view of of the elaborate light show.
REUTERS/Mark Blinch
Diana Vishneva performs Dove of Peace.
Bruce Bennett/Getty Images
Dancers amid light show.
YURI KADOBNOV/AFP/Getty Images
Polar Bear, one of the Olympic mascots, waves to the crowd.
Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images
Another part of the spectacular show.
Clive Mason/Getty Images
View of the Dove of Peace dance.
REUTERS/Phil Noble
The electric doves.
REUTERS/David Gray
"Lyubov", one of the main characters featured in the opening ceremony, is suspended over performers in classic Russian costumes.
Chuck Myers/MCT/Getty Images
The hammer and sickle.
REUTERS/Brian Snyder
General view of the festivities.
Quinn Rooney/Getty Images
Liza Temnikova as Lyubov performs Moskva/The Dream.
Bruce Bennett/Getty Images
Large helium inflatables help create elements of St. Basil's.
AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev
Russian President Vladimir Putin welcomes the world to Sochi.
Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images
Dancers perform during the opening act.
Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images
Actors perform as characters from the time of Peter the Great. Ryan Pierse/Getty Images
The St. Basil balloons have landed.
Ryan Pierse/Getty Images
Tennis star Maria Sharapova carries the torch.
AP Photo/Matt Dunham
Snowboard god Shaun White enters the stadium with the United States team.
Ryan Pierse/Getty Images
Russia's athletes enter the stadium during parade of nations.
REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson
General view of a scene from the opening ceremony. REUTERS/Issei Kato
Russian President Vladimir Putin waits in the presidential lounge before being introduced.
AP Photo/David Goldman/Pool
Dancers spin past characters holding candelabras.
REUTERS/Mark Blinch
Germany's flag-bearer Maria Hoefl-Riesch leads her country's contingent into the stadium.
REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson
A Russian man watches the live telecast of the opening ceremony in downtown Sochi.
AP Photo/Wong Maye-E
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