Surfing Venue for Paris Olympics Is on the Other Side of the World but Could Steal the Show
Voice of America
In this undated image taken from video, Tahitian-born surfer Kauli Vaast records himself surfing on the world-famous Teahupo’o wave in Tahiti. The Olympic surfing competition will be held next July at Teahupo’o as part of the 2024 Summer Games in Paris. (Kauli Vaast via AP) FILE - Australian surfer Mick Fanning rides a wave at Teahupo'o, site of the 2024 Olympics surfing competition in Tahiti, French Polynesia. This satellite photo shows the southern part of the French Polynesian island of Tahiti, with the Olympic venue Teahupo'o at center on the southern coast. (NASA's Earth Observatory via AP)
The giant waves form in the storm belts of the Southern Ocean, off Antarctica, where whales roam. Supercharged by intense winds, the swells then roll on an ocean journey of thousands of kilometers to crash into Tahiti in the South Pacific.
This handout photo taken June 9, 2024, and provided by the South Korean Defense Ministry shows unidentified objects believed to be North Korean trash from balloons that crossed the inter-Korea border, on a street in Seoul. A North Korean military guard post, top, and South Korean post, bottom, are seen from Paju, South Korea, near the border with North Korea, May 31, 2024.
A textbook is seen on a high school student's desk during a philosophy class at the Averroes school, France's biggest Muslim educational institution that has lost its state funding, Lille, France, March 19, 2024. Middle school students, some wearing a hijab, listen to teacher Ilyas Laarej during an Islamic ethics class at the Averroes school, France's biggest Muslim educational institution that has lost its state funding, Lille, France, March 19, 2024. High school student Noha Fouad and her friend walks toward a classroom and in front of a banner that says "Ramadan Kareem" in the courtyard of the Averroes school, Lille, France, March 19, 2024. A middle school student scribbles on a piece of paper during an Islamic ethics class at the Averroes school, France's biggest Muslim educational institution that has lost its state funding, Lille, France, March 19, 2024. Students wearing abayas put their shoes back on as they prepare to leave the prayer room at the Averroes school, France's biggest Muslim educational institution that has lost its state funding, Lille, France, March 19, 2024.
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