Members of Iraq's first national football team for the visually impaired, train at a sports club in Baghdad on May 22, 2024. The new Iraqi team for the visually impaired, though unofficial, was born in 2018. (Photo by AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP) (Photo by AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP via Getty Images)

Members of Iraq's first national football team for the visually impaired, train at a sports club in Baghdad on May 22, 2024. The new Iraqi team for the visually impaired, though unofficial, was born in 2018. (Photo by AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP) (Photo by AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP via Getty Images)

Members of Iraq's first national football team for the visually impaired, train at a sports club in Baghdad on May 22, 2024. The new Iraqi team for the visually impaired, though unofficial, was born in 2018. (Photo by AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP) (Photo by AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP via Getty Images)

Members of Iraq's first national football team for the visually impaired, train at a sports club in Baghdad on May 22, 2024. The new Iraqi team for the visually impaired, though unofficial, was born in 2018. (Photo by AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP) (Photo by AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP via Getty Images)

Members of Iraq's first national football team for the visually impaired, pose for a picture at a sports club in Baghdad on May 22, 2024. The new Iraqi team for the visually impaired, though unofficial, was born in 2018. (Photo by AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP) (Photo by AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP via Getty Images)

AFP presents a series of 25 photographs of athletes taken in the French capital between March and June 2024, ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic games. Three senior Agence France-Presse (AFP) photographers spent three months with a number of athletes - showcasing them in poses at iconic locations across the French capital - ahead of their appearances at the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Search for all these reportage images using: FRANCE-OLY-PARIS-2024-SPORTS CAPITAL Search 'REPORTAGE' to source all feature, magazine and photo essays (Photo by AFP) (Photo by STF/AFP via Getty Images)

ZHENGZHOU, CHINA - JUNE 15: Kamil Kasperczak of Poland reacts after competes against Balazs Szep of Hungary in the Men's Final Fencing of UIPM 2024 Pentathlon World Championships at Zhengzhou Olympic Sports Center on June 15, 2024 in Zhengzhou, China. (Photo by Lintao Zhang/Getty Images)

ZHENGZHOU, CHINA - JUNE 15: Balazs Szep (L) of Hungary competes against Kamil Kasperczak of Poland competes in the Men's Final Fencing of UIPM 2024 Pentathlon World Championships at Zhengzhou Olympic Sports Center on June 15, 2024 in Zhengzhou, China. (Photo by Lintao Zhang/Getty Images)