Over 70,000 spectators attended the Sunday closing ceremony at the Stade de France, in Paris, as well as more than 8,000 athletes from 206 delegations and 270 artists.
The dazzling event featured international stars like Phoenix, Air, Angele and Alaine Roche, who performed on a suspended piano.
Tom Cruise wrapped the event with a spectacular descent from the stadium's roof, Mission Impossible-style, before carrying the Olympic flag in a symbolic handover to Los Angeles 2028.
Red Hot Chili Peppers, Billie Eilish, and Snoop Dogg also performed from a beach in LA in a transcontinental live event that lasted more than three hours and ended just past midnight CET.
Here are some of the best pictures from the event.
Athletes gather during the 2024 Summer Olympics closing ceremony at the Stade de France, Sunday, Aug. 11, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France. - AP/Martin Meissner
Spectators cheer French athletes during the 2024 Summer Olympics closing ceremony at the Stade de France, Sunday, Aug. 11, 2024 - AP/Dita Alangkara
A performer arrives during the 2024 Summer Olympics closing ceremony at the Stade de France, Sunday, Aug. 11, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France - AP/Dita Alangkara
An artist performs during the 2024 Summer Olympics closing ceremony at the Stade de France, Sunday, Aug. 11, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France - AP/Ashley Landis
Artist Alain Roche plays on a suspended piano during the 2024 Summer Olympics closing ceremony at the Stade de France, Sunday, Aug. 11, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France - AP/Ashley Landis
Athletes of Australia wave during the 2024 Summer Olympics closing ceremony at the Stade de France, Sunday, Aug. 11, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France - AP/Petr David Josek
Artists perform during the 2024 Summer Olympics closing ceremony at the Stade de France, Sunday, Aug. 11, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France - AP/David Goldman
An artists perform during the 2024 Summer Olympics closing ceremony at the Stade de France, Sunday, Aug. 11, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France - AP/Dita Alangkara
Tom Cruise is lowered into the stadium during the 2024 Summer Olympics closing ceremony at the Stade de France, Sunday, Aug. 11, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France - AP/Matthias Schrader
Tom Cruise is lowered on the State de France during the 2024 Summer Olympics closing ceremony, Sunday, Aug. 11, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France - AP/Natacha Pisarenko
Tom Cruise holds the Olympic flag during the 2024 Summer Olympics closing ceremony at the Stade de France, Sunday, Aug. 11, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France. - AP/Martin Meissner
Angele performs during the 2024 Summer Olympics closing ceremony at the Stade de France, Sunday, Aug. 11, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France - AP/David Goldman
Athletes dance during the closing ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympics - AP/Rebecca Blackwell
Athletes waves flags during the 2024 Summer Olympics closing ceremony at the Stade de France, Sunday, Aug. 11, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France - AP/Natacha Pisarenko
Phoenix performs during the 2024 Summer Olympics closing ceremony at the Stade de France, Sunday, Aug. 11, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France - AP/Kin Cheung
Athletes react during the 2024 Summer Olympics closing ceremony at the Stade de France, Sunday, Aug. 11, 2024 - AP/Ashley Landis
French swimmer Leon Marchand, left, carries a lantern containing the Olympic flame in the Tuileries garden as the Paris 2024 cauldron is extinguished - AP/Vadim Ghirda
British athletes react during the 2024 Summer Olympics closing ceremony at the Stade de France, Sunday, Aug. 11, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France - AP/Rebecca Blackwell
Participants gather during the 2024 Summer Olympics closing ceremony at the Stade de France, Sunday, Aug. 11, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France - AP/Kin Cheung
French President Emmanuel Macron, top, third right, and IOC President Thomas Bach wave during the 2024 Summer Olympics closing ceremony - AP/Rebecca Blackwell
French swimmer Leon Marchand walks toward a plinth where a lantern containing the Olympic flame sits in the Tuileries garden on the final day of the 2024 Summer Olympics - AP/Vadim Ghirda
Volunteers wave during the 2024 Summer Olympics closing ceremony at the Stade de France, Sunday, Aug. 11, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France - AP/Natacha Pisarenko
Artists perform during the 2024 Summer Olympics closing ceremony at the Stade de France, Sunday, Aug. 11, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France. - AP/Petr David Josek
Women's marathon silver medalist Tigst Assefa of Ethiopia stands on the podium during the 2024 Summer Olympics closing ceremony at the Stade de France - AP/Natacha Pisarenko
Firefights explode during the 2024 Summer Olympics closing ceremony at the Stade de France, Sunday, Aug. 11, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France - AP/Natacha Pisarenko
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