President of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai, left, at the opening ceremony of the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.07.02.2014#2359943
Representatives of Canada during the parade of athletes and members of national delegations at the closing ceremony of the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.07.02.2014#2359942
Representatives of Germany during the parade of athletes and members of national delegations at the opening ceremony of the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.07.02.2014#2359940
Jaqueline Mourao, flag-bearer of the Brazilian national team, during the parade of athletes and members of national delegations at the opening ceremony of the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.07.02.2014#2359938
Jon Eley, foreground left, flag-bearer of Great Britain's national team, during the parade of athletes and members of national delegations at the opening ceremony of the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.07.02.2014#2359937
Maria Hoefl-Riesch, flag-bearer of the German national team, during the parade of athletes and members of national delegations at the opening ceremony of the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.07.02.2014#2359936
Fireworks above the Fisht Olympic Stadium at the opening ceremony of the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.07.02.2014#2359935
Hayley Wickenheiser, flag-bearer of the Canadian national team, during the parade of athletes and members of national delegations at the opening ceremony of the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.07.02.2014#2359933
Yerdos Akhmadiyev, foreground, flag-bearer of the Kazakh national team, during the parade of athletes and members of national delegations at the opening ceremony of the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.07.02.2014#2359932
Maria Kirkova, flag-bearer of the Bulgarian national team, during the parade of athletes and members of national delegations at the opening ceremony of the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.07.02.2014#2359930
Jian Tong, flag-bearer of the Chinese national team, during the parade of athletes and members of national delegations at the opening ceremony of the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.07.02.2014#2359929
The flag-bearer of the Israeli national team during the parade of athletes and members of national delegations at the opening ceremony of the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.07.02.2014#2359927
Nino Tsiklauri, right, flag-bearer of the Georgian national team, during the parade of athletes and members of national delegations at the opening ceremony of the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.07.02.2014#2359925
Maria Hoefl-Riesch, right, flag-bearer of the German national team, during the parade of athletes and members of national delegations at the opening ceremony of the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.07.02.2014#2359924
Nino Tsiklauri, flag-bearer of the Georgian national team, during the parade of athletes and members of national delegations at the opening ceremony of the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.07.02.2014#2359923
Jon Eley, foreground, flag-bearer of Great Britain's national team, during the parade of athletes and members of national delegations at the opening ceremony of the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.07.02.2014#2359922
Alexei Grishin, foreground, the flag-bearer of the Belarusian national team, during the parade of athletes and members of national delegations at the opening ceremony of the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.07.02.2014#2359921
Armin Zoeggeler, foreground, flag-bearer of the Italian national team, during the parade of athletes and members of national delegations at the opening ceremony of the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.07.02.2014#2359920
Peter Cook, flag-bearer of the national team of the British Virgin Islands, during the parade of athletes and members of national delegations at the opening ceremony of the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.07.02.2014#2359919
Jon Eley, flag-bearer of Great Britain's national team, during the parade of athletes and members of national delegations at the opening ceremony of the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.07.02.2014#2359917
President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, Prime Minister of the Netherlands Mark Rjutte, President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan, from right, Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko, background, left, Sochi Mayor Anatoly Pakhomov, foreground, second left, and President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych, background, center, before the opening ceremony of the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.07.02.2014#2359916
Representatives of Great Britain during the parade of athletes and members of national delegations at the opening ceremony of the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.07.02.2014#2359915
From left: President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, Prime Minister of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his wife Emine, President of Greece Karolos Papoulias, Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe and President of Kyrgyzstan Almazbek Atambayev, right, second row, before the opening ceremony of the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.07.02.2014#2359914
Sergey Mikayelyan, flag-bearer of the Armenian national team, during the parade of athletes and members of national delegations at the opening ceremony of the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.07.02.2014#2359913
Representatives of Country during the parade of athletes and members of national delegations at the opening ceremony of the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.07.02.2014#2359912
IOC President Thomas Bach at the opening ceremony of the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.07.02.2014#2359910
Representatives of Great Britain during the parade of athletes and members of national delegations at the opening ceremony of the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.07.02.2014#2359908
Andorra’s national team’s flag-bearer Mireia Gutierrez during the parade of athletes and members of national delegations at the opening ceremony of the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.07.02.2014#2359907
Alex Pullin, flag-bearer of the Australian national team, during the parade of athletes and members of national delegations at the opening ceremony of the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.07.02.2014#2359906
Sergey Mikayelyan, flag-bearer of the Armenian national team, during the parade of athletes and members of national delegations at the opening ceremony of the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.07.02.2014#2359904
Maria Hoefl-Riesch, foreground, flag-bearer of the German national team, during the parade of athletes and members of national delegations at the opening ceremony of the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.07.02.2014#2359903
The Russian national flag being raised at the opening ceremony of the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.07.02.2014#2359902
Erjon Tola, foreground left, flag-bearer of the Albanian national team, during the parade of athletes and members of national delegations at the opening ceremony of the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.07.02.2014#2359901
Tucker Murphy, foreground, flag-bearer of the national team of the Islands of Bermuda, during the parade of athletes and members of national delegations at the opening ceremony of the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.07.02.2014#2359898
Patrick Brachner, right, flag-bearer of the Azerbaijani national team, during the parade of athletes and members of national delegations at the opening ceremony of the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.07.02.2014#2359896
Alexei Grishin, foreground, the flag-bearer of the Belarusian national team, during the parade of athletes and members of national delegations at the opening ceremony of the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.07.02.2014#2359895
Sergey Mikayelyan, foreground, flag-bearer of the Armenian national team, during the parade of athletes and members of national delegations at the opening ceremony of the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.07.02.2014#2359894
Fireworks above the Fisht Olympic Stadium during the opening ceremony of the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.07.02.2014#2359893
Mario Stecher, foreground, the flag-bearer of the Austrian national team, during the parade of athletes and members of national delegations at the opening ceremony of the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.07.02.2014#2359890
The flag-bearer of the Argentine national team during the parade of athletes and members of national delegations at the opening ceremony of the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.07.02.2014#2359888
Alexei Grishin, foreground, the flag-bearer of the Belarusian national team, during the parade of athletes and members of national delegations at the opening ceremony of the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.07.02.2014#2359887
Alex Pullin, foreground, the flag-bearer of the Austrian national team, during the parade of athletes and members of national delegations at the opening ceremony of the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.07.02.2014#2359886
Patrick Brachner, the flag-bearer of the Azerbaijani national team, during the parade of athletes and members of national delegations at the opening ceremony of the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.07.02.2014#2359883
Mario Stecher, foreground, flag-bearer of the Austrian national team, during the parade of athletes and members of national delegations at the opening ceremony of the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.07.02.2014#2359882
The Russian national flag being raised at the opening ceremony of the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.07.02.2014#2359880
The Greek national team’s flag-bearer, Panagiota Tsakiri, left, foreground, at the opening ceremony of the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.07.02.2014#2359876
Russian Communist Party Leader Gennady Zyuganov, left, before the opening ceremony of the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.07.02.2014#2359870
The Russian national flag being raised at the opening ceremony of the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.07.02.2014#2359862
The Russian national flag being raised at the opening ceremony of the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.07.02.2014#2359860
The Russian national flag being raised during the opening ceremony of the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.07.02.2014#2359857
The Russian national flag being raised during the opening ceremony of the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.07.02.2014#2359854
The Russian national flag being raised at the opening ceremony of the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.07.02.2014#2359851
From left to right: ROC Honored President Leonod Tyagachyov and President of Interros Managing Company Vladimir Potanin before the opening ceremony of the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.07.02.2014#2359850