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Best pictures from the Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Winter Games

The Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, which ended on Sunday, yielded 102 gold medals in 16 days.

News imageGetty Images The Olympic stadium is seen in an aerial shot during the closing ceremonyGetty Images

The closing ceremony was a colourful event, complete with drones depicting the official mascot, a white tiger named Soohorang, with white lights (below).

News imageGetty Images Drones light up the sky above the Olympic stadiumGetty Images
News imageReuters Artists perform around projected lines of coloured lightReuters
News imageGetty Images A woman holds a glowing ball with the Pyeongchang Olympics 2018 onGetty Images
News imageReuters A light show is projected on the floor to look like the Milky Way galaxyReuters
News imageReuters Artists perform with circles of coloured lights around themReuters
News imageReuters Artists perform as yellow and red lines of light follow behind themReuters
News imageReuters Red fireworks explore over a crowded Olympic stadiumReuters
News imageGetty Images Pita Taufatofua of Tonga stands shirtlessGetty Images
Pita Taufatofua of Tonga went shirtless again. He became an overnight sensation when he carried the Tongan flag at the 2016 Olympics in Rio - also without his shirt and while sporting an oily torso.
News imageGetty Images Team Great Britain athletes walk holding flags and recording on their phonesGetty Images
Team Great Britain walked in the Parade of Athletes, with snowboarding bronze medallist Billy Morgan holding the Great Britain flag.
News imageReuters Figures gather around a giant projected logo of the Beijing 2022 OlympicsReuters
The upcoming 2022 Winter Olympics will be held in Beijing.
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We take a look at some of the best pictures taken by sports photographers during the Games.

News imageReuters Four male skaters race each other with the Olympic rings image seen in the ice beneath themReuters
Skaters race in the Men's Mass Start semi-final
News imageReuters Ice skater Anna Duskova spins in the hair horizontally as her partner Martin Bidar looks up at herReuters
Anna Duskova and Martin Bidar of Czech Republic in action during the Pair Skating competition
News imageReuters Shaun White hugs a friend in celebrationReuters
Shaun White (right) of the US hugs a friend as he wins gold at the Men's Halfpipe
News imageReuters Team Sweden hug each other in celebrationReuters
Team Sweden celebrate their curling win against South Korea
News imageReuters Dawid Kubacki is seen on skis in mid-airReuters
Dawid Kubacki of Poland competes at the Alpensia Ski Jumping Centre
News imageReuters Skater Nathan Chen is seen with arms outstretched with coloured Olympic signs in the ice beneath himReuters
US skater Nathan Chen performs
News imageGetty Images A South Korea fan smiles with logos on her faceGetty Images
A South Korea fan shows her support for her team
News imageReuters Nicola Tumolero and Riccardo Bugari seen on the ice, one with arms outstretched, the other sitting on the iceReuters
Skaters Nicola Tumolero and Riccardo Bugari of Italy fall after a final
News imageGetty Images Phoebe Staenz lying on the groundGetty Images
Phoebe Staenz of Switzerland scores a goal against South Korea
News imageGetty Images Magnus Nedregotten slides along the ice whilst CurlingGetty Images
Magnus Nedregotten of Norway in action during a curling event
News imageGetty Images Yura Min and Alexander Gamelin perform their routine with Yura's arms outstretchedGetty Images
Figure skaters Yura Min and Alexander Gamelin of Korea perform
News imageGetty Images Adam Rippon spins on the iceGetty Images
Adam Rippon spins during a figure skating event
News imageGetty Images Kaori Sakamoto holds her ice skate up to her head whilst competingGetty Images
Kaori Sakamoto of Japan competes in a Single Free Skating event
News imageGetty Images Thomas Bing lies in the snow whilst looking at the cameraGetty Images
Thomas Bing of Germany lies on the snow during a cross-country quarterfinal
News imageGetty Images North Korean cheerleaders hold unification flagsGetty Images
North Korean cheerleaders hold unification flags
News imageGetty Images Lizzy Yarnold competesGetty Images
Lizzy Yarnold of Great Britain slides during the Women's Skeleton
News imageGetty Images Michal Jordan tackles Rob KlinkhammerGetty Images
Czech ice hockey player Michal Jordan (right) skates against Rob Klinkhammer (left) of Canada
News imageGetty Images Isabel Derungs competing on the slopeGetty Images
Isabel Derungs of Switzerland competes during a snowboarding qualification
News imageGetty Images silhouetted figure jumping with skisGetty Images
An athlete is seen during Nordic Combined training session
News imageShutterstock North Korean hockey players stand on a bus and wave farewellShutterstock
North Korean members of the inter-Korean women's ice hockey squad bid a tearful farewell to their South Korean team-mates

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