This photograph gallery, curated by AP photograph editors, options highlights from the opening ceremony of the Milan Cortina Olympics.
Entertainers carry out underneath the Olympic rings throughout the Olympic opening ceremony on the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Friday, Feb. 6, 2026. (AP Picture/David J. Phillip)Performers participate within the Olympic opening ceremony on the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Friday, Feb. 6, 2026. (AP Picture/Ben Curtis)Singer Mariah Carey performs throughout the Olympic opening ceremony on the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Friday, Feb. 6, 2026. (AP Picture/Petr David Josek)Artists carry out throughout the Olympic opening ceremony on the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Friday, Feb. 6, 2026. (AP Picture/Petr David Josek)Dancers carry out throughout the Olympic opening ceremony on the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Friday, Feb. 6, 2026. (AP Picture/Francisco Seco)Artists sporting Italian colours carry out throughout the Olympic opening ceremony on the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Friday, Feb. 6, 2026. (AP Picture/Petr David Josek)The Olympic rings are fashioned throughout a efficiency on the Olympic opening ceremony on the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Friday, Feb. 6, 2026. (AP Picture/Natacha Pisarenko)Artists carry out throughout the Olympic opening ceremony on the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Friday, Feb. 6, 2026. (AP Picture/Stephanie Scarbrough)Dancers carry out throughout the Olympic opening ceremony on the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Friday, Feb. 6, 2026. (AP Picture/Ashley Landis)Dancers carry out throughout the Olympic opening ceremony on the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Friday, Feb. 6, 2026. (AP Picture/Francisco Seco)Italian actor Matilda De Angelis performs throughout the Olympic opening ceremony on the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Friday, Feb. 6, 2026. (AP Picture/Ben Curtis)Artists carry out throughout the Olympic opening ceremony on the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Friday, Feb. 6, 2026. (AP Picture/Stephanie Scarbrough)Dancers carry out throughout the Olympic opening ceremony on the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Friday, Feb. 6, 2026. (AP Picture/Ashley Landis)Dancers performs throughout the Olympic opening ceremony on the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Friday, Feb. 6, 2026 (AP Picture/Natacha Pisarenko)Japan athletes participate within the athletes parade throughout the Olympic opening ceremony on the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Predazzo, Italy, Friday, Feb. 6, 2026. (AP Picture/Matthias Schrader)The Olympic rings start to kind throughout a efficiency on the Olympic opening ceremony on the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Friday, Feb. 6, 2026. (AP Picture/Natacha Pisarenko)Volunteers carry out throughout the opening ceremony on the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics, in Milan, Friday, Feb. 6, 2026. (Nathan Denette /The Canadian Press through AP)Benjamin Karl, backside middle, carries Anna Gasser, flag bearer of Austria, as they stroll with athletes throughout the Olympic opening ceremony on the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Livigno, Italy, Friday, Feb. 6, 2026. (AP Picture/Lindsey Wasson)Dancers carry out throughout the Olympic opening ceremony on the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Friday, Feb. 6, 2026. (AP Picture/Natacha Pisarenko)Athletes from the USA stroll throughout the Olympic opening ceremony on the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Friday, Feb. 6, 2026. (AP Picture/Francisco Seco)Group USA takes a bunch photograph throughout the Olympic opening ceremony on the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Friday, Feb. 6, 2026. (AP Picture/Natacha Pisarenko)Group United States enters the stadium throughout the Olympic opening ceremony on the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Friday, Feb. 6, 2026. (AP Picture/David J. Phillip)Singer Andrea Bocelli performs throughout the Olympic opening ceremony on the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Friday, Feb. 6, 2026. (AP Picture/Stephanie Scarbrough)Italian actor Sabrina Impacciatore performs throughout the Olympic opening ceremony on the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Friday, Feb. 6, 2026. (AP Picture/Francisco Seco)Artists carry out throughout the Olympic opening ceremony on the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Friday, Feb. 6, 2026. (AP Picture/Ben Curtis)Dancers carry out throughout the Olympic opening ceremony on the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Friday, Feb. 6, 2026. (AP Picture/Natacha Pisarenko)Actor Charlize Theron performs throughout the Olympic opening ceremony on the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Friday, Feb. 6, 2026. (AP Picture/Hassan Ammar)Italian former skier Deborah Compagnoni and Italian former skier Alberto Tomba mild the cauldron on the Arco della Tempo throughout the Olympic opening ceremony on the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Friday, Feb. 6, 2026. (AP Picture/Christophe Ena)
