Olympic flame lit for 2024 Paris Games

Owing to cloudy weather, Greek actresses in the role of ancient priestesses used a flame lit Monday in the 2,600-year-old Temple of Hera, near the stadium where the Olympics were born in 776 BC.

Greek actress Mary Mina, playing the role of the High Priestess, lights the torch during the flame lighting ceremony for the Paris 2024 Olympics Games at the ancient temple of Hera on the Olympia archeological site, birthplace of the ancient Olympics in southern Greece. AFP PHOTO