DRC: Opening ceremony of the Francophonie Games

A spectacular ceremony in Kinshasa's huge Martyrs Stadium kicked off the 9th Francophonie Games.

Some 80,000 spectators, the stadium's maximum capacity, came to watch the 3,000 young athletes and artists from some thirty countries taking part in the competitions and contests scheduled to take place over ten days in DR Congo's capital Kinshasa, celebrating a rare feel-good event in the impoverished and conflict-torn country.