Photos: Opening ceremony of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games

Ahtletes and volunteers look on as children run with bird kites during the Rio Olympics 2016 opening ceremony at Maracana Stadium.

Athletes pack the field as fireworks blast overhead during the opening ceremony at Maracana Stadium.

Michael Phelps carries the American flag as he leads the U.S. team into Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro on Friday during the opening ceremony for the 2016 Summer Olympic Games.

Dancers perform in a sea of green during the opening ceremony on Friday at Maracana Stadium in Rio.

Dancers perform in Maracana Stadium during the opening ceremony for the Rio Olympics.  (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

Gisele Bundchen walks into the stadium during the opening ceremony in Rio on Friday night.  (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

Dancers take the Maracana Stadium floor during opening ceremony for the Rio Olympics.

Joao Rossi parades his Christ the Redeemer hat as he arrives at Maracaña Stadium for opening ceremony of the Rio Olympics.

A nod to Rio’s favelas in the opening ceremony.   (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times )

The opening ceremony, green in many ways.   (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times )

Dancers perform during the opening ceremony of the 2016 Olympics on Friday in Rio.  (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

A dancer performs a handstand during the oppening ceremony of the Rio Olympics on Friday night.

Fireworks ignite over Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro on Friday at the start of the opening ceremony for the 2016 Summer Olympic Games.

Spectators arrive to a blue hue at Maracana Stadium before the start of the opening ceremony.

Dancers perform during the opening ceremony of the 2016 Olympic Games at Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro.

A woman waves a United States flag during the opening ceremony for the Rio Olympics on Friday.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and his wife, Yoo Soon-taek, are photographed before the Summer Olympics opening ceremony in Rio de Janeiro.

An Algerian fan waves a flag during the opening ceremony of the Rio Olympics on Friday night.