Olympic flame makes historic passage down Venice's Grand Canal
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A torchbearer holds an Olympic torch flame on the Grand Canal in Venice, Italy, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026, and its journey will conclude in Milan on February 6 for the Winter Olympics opening ceremony. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)A torchbearer holds an Olympic torch flame on the Grand Canal in Venice, Italy, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026, its journey will conclude in Milan on February 6 for the Winter Olympics opening ceremony. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)A torchbearer holds an Olympic torch flame in Venice, Italy, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026, and its journey will conclude in Milan on February 6 for the Winter Olympics opening ceremony. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)A torchbearer holds an Olympic torch flame on the Grand Canal in Venice, Italy, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026, its journey will conclude in Milan on February 6 for the Winter Olympics opening ceremony. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)A small group of anti-war activists protest the participation of Israel and the US in the Milan Cortina Olympic Games as the Olympic flame glides down the Grand Canal in Venice, Italy, its journey will conclude in Milan on February 6 for the Winter Olympics opening ceremony. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
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A torchbearer holds an Olympic torch flame on the Grand Canal in Venice, Italy, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026, and its journey will conclude in Milan on February 6 for the Winter Olympics opening ceremony. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
