Paris Olympics: Eiffel Tower Lights Up as City Prepares to Host First Summer Games in 100 Years

1/7: Eiffel Tower with the Olympics rings / Image: AP

2/7: The Olympic rings are seen on the Eiffel Tower in Paris / Image: AP

3/7: French photographer JR, left, and athlete Sandra Laoura hold the Olympic torch in the courtyard of the Louvre museum / Image: AP

4/7: A special kind of iron curtain came down across central Paris on Thursday, with the beginning of an Olympic anti-terrorism perimeter along the banks of the River Seine. / Image: AP

5/7: Given the threat of terrorism the security of Paris Olympics is at an all time high / Image: AP

6/7: A Mexican couple proposes in front of Eiffel Tower for Paris Olympics / Image: AP

7/7: Fans in Paris soak in the Olympic Rings at Eiffel Tower just a week prior to Olympics / Image: AP