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Scenes that you don't want to miss from the opening ceremony of Gold Coast Commonwealth Games 2018

Australia celebrated its ancestry and native traditions in a soul-stirring opening ceremony at the Carrara Stadium.
The Indian contingent, led by Olympic silver-medallist PV Sindhu walked out to a warm reception from the nearly 25,000 strong crowd at the opening ceremony of the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast, Australia. (Photo | AP)
The Indian contingent, led by Olympic silver-medallist PV Sindhu walked out to a warm reception from the nearly 25,000 strong crowd at the opening ceremony of the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast, Australia. (Photo | AP)
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Australia celebrated its ancestry and native traditions in a soul-stirring opening ceremony at the Carrara Stadium. (Photo | AP)
Australia celebrated its ancestry and native traditions in a soul-stirring opening ceremony at the Carrara Stadium. (Photo | AP)
The buzz that seemed lacking in the build-up to the Games was very much there during the ceremony, attended by the British Royals, as Gold Coast turned out in numbers to welcome 71 nations of the Commonwealth. (Photo | AP)
The buzz that seemed lacking in the build-up to the Games was very much there during the ceremony, attended by the British Royals, as Gold Coast turned out in numbers to welcome 71 nations of the Commonwealth. (Photo | AP)
Fireworks explode at Carrara Stadium for the opening ceremony for the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast, Australia. (Photo | AP)
Fireworks explode at Carrara Stadium for the opening ceremony for the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast, Australia. (Photo | AP)
The party went on nonetheless and the ceremony began with a countdown sequence that welcomed the visitors to the 'oldest living culture in the world' and went on to pay tribute to Australia's heritage before the European invasion. (Photo | AP)
The party went on nonetheless and the ceremony began with a countdown sequence that welcomed the visitors to the 'oldest living culture in the world' and went on to pay tribute to Australia's heritage before the European invasion. (Photo | AP)
It was an imaginative celebration of the past, present and future of Australia and most notably, the way of life at 'the surfers' paradise' of this magnificent city. (Photo | AP)
It was an imaginative celebration of the past, present and future of Australia and most notably, the way of life at 'the surfers' paradise' of this magnificent city. (Photo | AP)
It went back to the time when Australia was connected to Antarctica, represented by a white whale Migaloo, which migrates an arduous 12,000km from Antarctica to North Queensland every year to mate and give birth. (Photo | AP)
It went back to the time when Australia was connected to Antarctica, represented by a white whale Migaloo, which migrates an arduous 12,000km from Antarctica to North Queensland every year to mate and give birth. (Photo | AP)
Gold Coast had been asking its inhabitants and visitors before the Games and though that dream did not find resonance with some, it did have quite a ring among those who braved the rain to celebrate the Aussie spirit. (Photo | AP)
Gold Coast had been asking its inhabitants and visitors before the Games and though that dream did not find resonance with some, it did have quite a ring among those who braved the rain to celebrate the Aussie spirit. (Photo | AP)
The Commonwealth Games flag is carried into Carrara Stadium for the opening ceremony for the 2018 Commonwealth Games. (Photo | AP)
The Commonwealth Games flag is carried into Carrara Stadium for the opening ceremony for the 2018 Commonwealth Games. (Photo | AP)
Host nation Australia's squad march into Carrara Stadium for the opening ceremony. (Photo | AP)
Host nation Australia's squad march into Carrara Stadium for the opening ceremony. (Photo | AP)
Team Pakistan is lead by flag bearer Usman at Carrara Stadium. (Photo | AP)
Team Pakistan is lead by flag bearer Usman at Carrara Stadium. (Photo | AP)
England's flag bearer Alistair Brownlee walks with his teammates into Carrara Stadium for the opening ceremony. (Photo | AP)
England's flag bearer Alistair Brownlee walks with his teammates into Carrara Stadium for the opening ceremony. (Photo | AP)
PV Sindhu carries the tricolor as she leads the Indian contingent to the stadium. (Photo | PTI)
PV Sindhu carries the tricolor as she leads the Indian contingent to the stadium. (Photo | PTI)
Prince Charles (L) and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall (SR), stand with Louise Martin, president of the Commonwealth Games Federation (SL) and Peter Beattie, chairman of the games, during the opening ceremony for the 2018 Commonwealth Games at Carrara Stadium on the Gold Coast. (Photo | AP)
Prince Charles (L) and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall (SR), stand with Louise Martin, president of the Commonwealth Games Federation (SL) and Peter Beattie, chairman of the games, during the opening ceremony for the 2018 Commonwealth Games at Carrara Stadium on the Gold Coast. (Photo | AP)
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