IN PICS | Olympics 2024 closing ceremony: Paris Games close at Stade de France

The closing ceremony capped two and a half extraordinary weeks of Olympic sports and emotion with a boisterous, star-studded show in France's national stadium, mixing unbridled celebration with a somber call for peace from IOC President Thomas Bach. (Photo | AP)

Flag bearers surround the stage during the 2024 Summer Olympics closing ceremony at the Stade de France.

French swimmer Leon Marchand, left, carries a lantern containing the Olympic flame in the Tuileries garden as the cauldron is slowly extinguished on the final day of the 2024 Summer Olympics ahead of the closing ceremony.

French President Emmanuel Macron, third from right, sits beside his wife Brigitte and IOC President Thomas Bach, third from left, during the 2024 Summer Olympics closing ceremony at the Stade de France.

Tom Cruise channelled his inner Ethan Hunt, his iconic character from the blockbuster "Mission: Impossible" films, as he helped bid adieu to the 2024 Paris Olympics and hand things off to Los Angeles for the 2028 Games with a daring skydiving stunt.

Tom Cruise is lowered into the stadium during the 2024 Summer Olympics closing ceremony at the Stade de France, Sunday, Aug. 11, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France.

At the closing ceremony on Sunday, the 62-year-old descended from the top of the gigantic Stade de France to the "Mission: Impossible" theme song, shook hands with the athletes on his way to the stage, took the Olympic flag from star gymnast Simone Biles, and carried it on a bike through Paris streets to a cargo plane ready to take off for Los Angeles.

A performer hangs over the Stade de France during the 2024 Summer Olympics closing ceremony.

United States' gymnast Simone Biles holds the Olympic flag during the 2024 Summer Olympics closing ceremony at the Stade de France.

Athletes react during the 2024 Summer Olympics closing ceremony at the Stade de France.

Artists perform during the 2024 Summer Olympics closing ceremony at the Stade de France.

Fireworks explode during the 2024 Summer Olympics closing ceremony at the Stade de France.

British athletes react during the 2024 Summer Olympics closing ceremony at the Stade de France.

Artist Alain Roche plays a piano during the 2024 Summer Olympics closing ceremony at the Stade de France.