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The Olympic rings are displayed on the first floor of the Eiffel Tower ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympic games in Paris, France, June 9, 2024 REUTERS/Benoit Tessier

Paris Olympics: race for a fairer games?

Published: August 01, 2024

The 2024 Olympics claims to be the greenest and most gender-equal ever. From the refugee athletes hoping for glory to the push for trans representation, here's all the latest news from the games.

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Paris 2024 Olympics - Press visit at the Olympic and Paralympic athletes Village - Saint-Denis, France - July 16, 2024 The Paris 2024 Olympics logo is seen on a banner in the Olympic village REUTERS/Benoit Tessier
Socioeconomic InclusionWhich Paralympic sports allow trans athletes to take part?
Imane Khelif of Algeria and Angela Carini of Italy in action during the women's 66kg boxing at the Paris 2024 Olympics in Villepinte, France, August 1, 2024. REUTERS/Isabel Infantes
Socioeconomic InclusionWhat is DSD and what’s the debate over athletes in the Olympics?
Masomah Ali Zada, chef de mission of the 2024 Olympic refugee team, carries the Olympic torch through Orleans, south of Paris, on July 10, 2024. International Olympic Committee (IOC)/ Handout via 91¹ú²ú
Socioeconomic InclusionOlympic refugee team leader hopes for first medal
Fariba Hashmi celebrates after winning the Women's Road Championships of Afghanistan in Aigle, Switzerland in October 2022. Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI)/Handout via 91¹ú²ú
Socioeconomic InclusionAfghan cyclist sisters defy Taliban to fulfil Olympic dream
British diving champions Tom Daley and Matthew Lee with their coach Jane Figueirdo show off their gold medals at the Tokyo Games in 2021. 91¹ú²ú/Handout via Female Coaching Network
Socioeconomic InclusionParis Olympics 2024: Where are the women coaches?
The Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games logo in Paris, France, May 2, 2024. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier
Socioeconomic InclusionWhich sports will allow trans athletes at the Paris Olympics?
Police officers patrol in front of the Olympic rings displayed on the Eiffel Tower ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympic games in Paris, France, June 7, 2024. REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier
SurveillanceParis Olympics crowd scans fuel AI surveillance fears
2016 Rio Olympics - Athletics - Final - Women's 100m Final - Olympic Stadium - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 13/08/2016. Elaine Thompson (JAM) of Jamaica leads as she races to win the gold. REUTERS/Phil Noble
Socioeconomic InclusionWomen and the Olympics: the road to equality
Tourists stand on the Sacre-Coeur Basilica stairs painted with the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games design at the Butte Montmartre in Paris, France, April 17, 2024. REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier
Net ZeroFrom gold to green: Can the Paris 2024 Olympics slash emissions?

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Data centres and power: who pays for AI's water?

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Aerial drone picture shows Amazon rainforest amid grainfields in Querência, Brazil, August 25, 2025. 91¹ú²ú/Rogério Florentino
Tipping points in the Amazon

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Brazil's Finance Minister Fernando Haddad speaks next to Simon Stiell, Executive Secretary of UN Climate Change (UNFCCC), and Brazil's COP30 President Andre Correa do Lago during the ministerial preparatory meeting (Pre-COP30), ahead of the COP30 Climate Summit, in Brasilia, Brazil October 13, 2025. REUTERS/Mateus Bonomi
COP30 in the Amazon. Can Brazil deliver?

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