In Pictures: First week at Olympics 2016

31 best pictures from the 1st week at Olympics

Italy's Giordano Benedetti (R) leads the runners as they compete in the Men's 800m Round 1 heat during the athletics event at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium in Rio de Janeiro. PHOTO: AFP

Rafael Nadal (ESP) of Spain and Marc Lopez (ESP) of Spain celebrate after winning their match against Florin Mergea (ROU) of Romania and Horia Tecau (ROU) of Romania. PHOTO: REUTERS

The fencing team of Russia celebrates winning. PHOTO: REUTERS

Dieudonne Wilfred Seyi Ntsengue (CMR) of Cameroon and Hosam Abdin (EGY) of Egypt compete. PHOTO: REUTERS

Teddy Riner (FRA) of France celebrates with supporters after winning the gold medal. PHOTO: REUTERS

Samir Ait Said (FRA) of France breaks his leg during competition on the vault. PHOTO: REUTERS

Rosannagh MacLennan (CAN) of Canada competes in trampoline gymnastics preliminary round. PHOTO: REUTERS

Competitors sail in the 49er Men sailing class on Guanabara Bay in Rio de Janerio. PHOTO: AFP

USA's Michael Phelps competes to win the Men's 200m Individual Medley Final during the swimming event at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. PHOTO: AFP

USA's Michael Phelps kisses his gold medal as a tear trickles down. PHOTO: AFP

Monika Brzostek (POL) of Poland competes in the Beach Volleyball Arena. PHOTO: REUTERS

South Korea's Hyejin Chang shoots an arrow during the Rio 2016 Olympic Games women's quarterfinal match at the Sambodromo archery venue in Rio de Janeiro. PHOTO: AFP

Malaysia's Lee Chong Wei returns to Surinam's Soren Opti during their men's singles qualifying badminton match at the Rio centro stadium in Rio de Janeiro. PHOTO: AFP

Matteo Marconcini (ITA) of Italy and Sergiu Toma (UAE) of United Arab Emirates compete. PHOTO: REUTERS

- An overview shows (From L) Lithuania's centre Jonas Valanciunas, Nigeria's power forward Ike Diogu and Lithuania's power forward Paulius Jankunas eye a rebound during a Men's round Group B basketball match between Lithuania and Nigeria at the Carioca Arena. PHOTO: AFP

Russia's Yana Egorian celebrates winning against Russia's Sofya Velikaya in winning their women s individual sabre gold medal bout as part of the fencing event of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. PHOTO: AFP

Colombia's Oscar Albeiro Figueroa Mosquera reacts after he won the Men's 62kg weightlifting competition at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. PHOTO: AFP

Swimmers compete in a Women's 200m Individual Medley heat during the swimming event at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. PHOTO: AFP

Joana Palacios (ARG) of Argentina competes. PHOTO: REUTERS

Yu Mengyu (SIN) of Singapore plays against Kim Song I (PRK) of North Korea. PHOTO: REUTERS

Denmark's Anton Ipsen dives for the Men's 1500m Freestyle heats during the swimming event. PHOTO: AFP

David Boudia (USA) and Steele Johnson (USA) of USA compete in the Men's Synchronised 10m Platform. PHOTO: REUTERS

Andrea Baldini (ITA) of Italy competes with Gerek Meinhardt (USA) of USA. PHOTO: REUTERS

Jarrod Gilchrist (AUS) of Australia and Mitsuaki Shiga (JPN) of Japan compete. PHOTO: REUTERS

An artist paints the scene during the men's beach volleyball qualifying match between Latvia and Cuba at the Beach Volley Arena. PHOTO: AFP

Angola's pivot Albertina Cruz Kassoma (C) vies with Montenegro's pivot Suzana Lazovic during the women's preliminaries Group A handball match Angola vs Montenegro. PHOTO: AFP

Japan's Kohei Uchimura competes in the vault of the men's team final of the Artistic Gymnastics at the Olympic Arena during the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. PHOTO: AFP

Rafaela Silva (BRA) of Brazil celebrates after winning the gold medal in Judo. PHOTO: REUTERS

Anthony Ervin (USA) of USA celebrates with his gold medal at Men's 50m Freestyle Victory Ceremony. PHOTO: REUTERS

Hungary's Katinka Hosszu competes in the Women's 200m Backstroke Semifinal during the swimming event at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. PHOTO: AFP

Italy's Alex Ranghieri serves the ball during the men's beach volleyball qualifying match between Italy and Canada at the Beach Volley Arena in Rio de Janeiro. PHOTO: AFP