The 2024 Paris Olympics will kick off on Friday, with over 10,000 athletes set to compete in 32 sports.
The vast majority of competition will take place in Paris, mostly within a tight 5km radius of the Olympic village.
Several events are being held in or besides iconic Paris landmarks.
Beach volleyball will be held next to the Eiffel Tower, fencing and taekwondo will be held under the Grand Palais and road cycling, marathon swimming and triathlon events will feature the Pont Alexandre III bridge.
Beyond Paris
Some event sites are outside of the French capital.
The football tournament, for instance, will take place across six venues in Nantes, Lille, Lyon, Bordeaux, Nice and Saint-Etienne.
All shooting finals will be held in the Chateauroux shooting centre, around two hours by train from Paris, while sailing events will be held in Marseilles in the country's south.
Paris to the Pacific
There's one event that'll be taking place much further from the action; all surfing events are being held in Teahupo'o, Tahiti, approximately 15,700km from the French capital.
It's among the furthest an Olympic venue has ever been from its host city.
Spanning a roughly equal distance as exists between Paris and Tahiti, the equestrian events at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics were held in Stockholm, Sweden, due to quarantine laws.
Tahiti was colonised by France in the 19th Century and in 1880 France took possession of French Polynesia as a whole. French Polynesia became a French overseas territory in 1946.
French Polynesia is currently semi-autonomous and France oversees aspects such as defence, foreign affairs and law and order.
A pro-independence party won elections there in 2023 but has so far not held a self-determination referendum.
Tahiti was chosen as the surfing venue for the Paris Olympics back in 2020 after alternatives in France were rejected.
The Paris Olympics has said the wave at Teahupo'o is unique and "must be seen to be believed".
"Teahupo’o is a wave like no other — a thick barrel wave that partially breaks below sea level."
This is the second time that surfing has featured as an Olympic sport,
However, infrastructure built for the Paris surfing events has been controversial, with Teahupo'o locals protesting against judging towers being built near the surf break, which they say threatens the local ecosystem.
Despite significant pushback, including a Change.org petition that amassed over 250,000 signatures, a three-storey aluminium tower was erected on the reef.
