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Soldiers by the Maracana Stadium before the opening ceremony of the XXXI Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
- Categories: Sports
- Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Event date: 05.08.2016
- Date published: 06.08.2016
- Author: Alexander Vilf
- Credit: Sputnik
- Source: Sputnik
- Original: Digital
- Media: JPEG, 3500x2213px, 3.8Mb