180 likes | 2.35k Views
The Olympic flame traverses 12,000 miles of Brazil before the start of the Rio 2016 Games.
E N D
Brazilian physiotherapist Igor Simoes Andrade postures for a photo by a puma named Juma as he partakes in the Olympic Flame light hand-off in Manaus, Brazil, June 20, 2016. The puma highlighted at an Olympic light service was shot dead by a fighter soon after the occasion in Manaus as the creature got away from its handlers, an armed force explanation said.
Resident Davi Souza gives a fish to a "Boto Cor-de-Rosa" (Pink River Dolphin), as he participates in the Olympic Flame light hand-off at Solimoes River in Iranduba city, Amazonas state, Brazil, June 20, 2016. Fernando Soutello/Courtesy of Rio2016/Handout by means of Reuters
Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff (R) lights a cauldron with the Olympic Flame by Fabiana Claudino, chief of the Brazilian volleyball group, amid the Olympic Flame light hand-off at Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil, May 3, 2016. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino
Resident Geovana Teles participates in the Olympic Flame light hand-off at Luster collapse Chapada Diamantina, Bahia state, Brazil, May 23, 2016. Andre Mourao/Courtesy of Rio2016/Handout by means of Reuters
Brazilian surfer Carlos Burle joins in the Olympic Flame light hand-off in Ipojuca, Pernambuco state, Brazil, June 1, 2016. Marcos de Paula/Courtesy of Rio2016/Handout through Reuters
Brazil's Jose Batista holds the Olympic light high up as he rides his stallion, amid the light hand-off in Brasilia, Brazil, May 3, 2016. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino
Residents join in the Olympic Flame light hand-off in Gravata, Pernambuco state, Brazil, May 31, 2016. Marcos de Paula/Courtesy of Rio2016/Handout by means of Reuters
Resident Patricia Bastos joins in the Olympic Flame light transfer at Curiau waterway in Macapa, Amapa state, Brazil, June 16, 2016. Fernando Soutello/Courtesy of Rio2016/Handout by means of Reuters
Brazilian firefighter Haudson Alves abseils with the Olympic fire as he goes to the Olympic Flame light transfer at Mane Garrincha stadium in Brasilia, Brazil, May 3, 2016. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino
Resident Antonio de Paula is pulled by an oxcart as he partakes in the Olympic Flame light transfer in Trindade, Goias state, Brazil, May 6, 2016. Andre Luiz Mello/Rio2016/Handout by means of Reuters
Resident Francisco Orlando joins in the Olympic Flame light transfer at the Sete Cidades national park in Piracuruca, Piaui state, Brazil, June 10, 2016. Marcos de Paula/Courtesy of Rio2016/Handout through Reuters
Brazilian swimmer Jefferson Mascarenhas partakes in the Olympic Flame light hand-off before the Arena da Amazonia stadium in Manaus, Amazonas state, Brazil, June 19, 2016. REUTERS/Bruno Kelly
Resident Francisco Neto (second L) joins in the Olympic Flame light hand-off at mountain range Serra da Barriga in Uniao dos Palmares, Alagoas state, Brazil, May 30, 2016. Fernando Soutello/Courtesy of Rio2016/Handout by means of Reuters
Brazilian paratriathlon competitor Marcelo Collet joins in the Olympic Flame light hand-off in Salvador, Brazil, May 24, 2016. Marcos de Paula/Courtesy of Rio2016/Handout by means of REUTERS
Balloonist Lupercio Lima participates in the Olympic Flame light transfer in Corumba de Goias, Goias state, Brazil, May 4, 2016. Fernando Soutello/Rio2016/Handout by means of Reuters
Canoeist Rubens Pompeu participates in the Olympic Flame light hand-off at Paranoa lake in Brasilia, Brazil, May 3, 2016. REUTERS/Adriano Machado
Indigenous individuals partake in the Olympic Flame light hand-off at town Tupe, in Manaus, Amazonas state, Brazil, June 20, 2016. REUTERS/Bruno Kelly