French 19th-century three-masted barque Belem, escorted by sailboats, sails after leaving the Piraeus port, near Athens, with the Olympic flame on board to begin its journey to France on April 27, 2024, a day after Greece handed over the torch of the 2024 Games to Paris organisers. The Belem is set to reach Marseille on May 8 and ten thousand torchbearers will then carry the flame across 64 French territories. It will travel through more than 450 towns and cities, and dozens of tourist attractions during its 12,000-kilometre (7,500-mile) journey through mainland France and overseas French territories in the Caribbean, Indian Ocean and Pacific. On July 26 it will form the centrepiece of the Paris Olympics opening ceremony. (Photo by Theophile Bloudanis / AFP) (Photo by THEOPHILE BLOUDANIS/AFP via Getty Images)