Through the lens: With Paris Games as their canvas, people are enjoying City of Light

A beach volleyball match at the 2024 Summer Olympics, July 27, 2024, in Paris, France.

Paris has much to offer its residents and any visitor. And with the Olympics as their canvas, there are personal portraits being painted all around the City of Light.

Paris has much to offer its residents and any visitor.

And with the Olympics as their canvas, there are personal portraits being painted all around the City of Light.

People watch a TV showing the opening ceremony of the 2024 Summer Olympics in a bar in Paris, France, July 26, 2024.

Jenna Baltes, 8, of St. Paul, Minn., holds balloons while walking along the Seine river in front of the Eiffel Tower with her family during the 2024 Summer Olympics, July 29, 2024, in Paris.

A crowd takes photos at the gates to the Tuileries Garden as the cauldron rises at sunset during the 2024 Summer Olympics, July 27, 2024, in Paris.

A woman sits at the Tuileries Garden, during the 2024 Summer Olympics, July 28, 2024, in Paris, France.

Harry Wilcznski poses for a picture in front of the cauldron with the Olympic flame in the Tuileries Gardens during the 2024 Summer Olympics, July 28, 2024, in Paris, France.

A man wipes his face as he walks past reproductions of artworks decorating the banks of the River Seine at the 2024 Summer Olympics, July 30, 2024, in Paris, France.

Tourists take pictures near the Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel at the 2024 Summer Olympics, July 28, 2024, in Paris, France.

Hu Xiao, from China, poses as her friends take her photograph near the Eiffel Tower at the 2024 Summer Olympics, July 28, 2024, in Paris, France.

They have powered through the weather — rain didn't dampen their spirts and surging temperatures couldn't cool their heels.

Pedestrians make their way across a sidewalk opened to foot traffic on the Pont Royal, or Royal Bridge, along grandstands used in the opening ceremonies, at the 2024 Summer Olympics, July 27, 2024, in Paris, France.

A spectator walks through a water mist sprayers on her way to Eiffel Tower Stadium to watch a beach volleyball at the 2024 Summer Olympics, July 28, 2024, in Paris, France.

They gathered at watch parties to see Simone Biles at her best. Some watched the games in person others just relaxed in front of iconic sights in Paris. There were a few who got to both.

Spectators watch from a fan zone set up at the Hotel de Ville, the city hall, as Simone Biles of the United States performs on the vault during a women's artistic gymnastics qualification round at the 2024 Summer Olympics, July 28, 2024, in Paris.

Athletes are chasing dreams of gold medals under the Eiffel Towel, Champions Park, the historic Grand Palais or the sumptuous-looking Versailles Palace gardens and all can be seen embracing the moment.

Athletes dive into the water for the start of the women's individual triathlon competition at the 2024 Summer Olympics, July 31, 2024, in Paris, France.