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Canada's Kim Boutin carries the flag in event wrapping up the 2018 Games

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Fireworks explode as entertainers perform during the ‘Countdown: Dream for Tomorrow’ segment.DAVID RAMOS

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Canadian short-track speed skater Kim Boutin leads her teammates into the Olympic stadium carrying the Canadian flag.Paul Chiasson

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Team Canada walks in the Parade of Athletes.MADDIE MEYER

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Flagbearers arrive during the closing ceremony.JAVIER SORIANO

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Schoolchildren and performers carry the Korean flag.JOHN SIBLEY

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Dancers perform during the closing ceremony.JAVIER SORIANO

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Guitarist Yang Tae-hwan performs during the closing ceremony. The event featured an array of dancers and musicians.FLORIAN CHOBLET

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Boy band EXO perform during the closing ceremony. The event was a showcase for Korean pop music, or K-pop, including a performance from singer CL.DAVID RAMOS

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Impersonators pretending to be U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un pose at the main stadium.YONHAP

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IOC President Thomas Bach, President Moon Jae-in of South Korea, South Korean first lady Kim Jung-sook and Ivanka Trump look out at the closing ceremony.MADDIE MEYER

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Kim Yong Chol, vice-chairman of North Korea's ruling Workers' Party Central Committee, arrives at the closing ceremony as Pyongyang’s official representative.PATRICK SEMANSKY

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North Koreans arrived at the closing ceremony as they did at the opening, side by side with their South Korean counterparts.NATACHA PISARENKO

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Tonga's Pita Taufatofua reacts during the closing ceremony.Kirsty Wigglesworth

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Entertainers dressed as pandas perform as the ceremony officially marks the handover of the Winter Games to Beijing, where they will be held in 2022.LOIC VENANCE

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IOC President Thomas Bach, middle, receives the Olympic flag from Pyeongchang Mayor Sim Jae-guk, left. The flag was officially handed over to Chen Jining, right.KAI PFAFFENBACH

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