Tokyo, Japan, Sunday, August 8, 2021 - Tokyo 2020 Olympics Closing Ceremony at Olympic Stadium. (Robert Gauthier_Los Angeles Times)
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The Olympic Spirit Shows Us the Way Out and Up
The 32nd Summer Olympics that just ended in Japan was held in a bubble but could not escape the calamities of this time. Rows of empty seats paid sad tribute to the pandemic that is spiking in Japan and elsewhere across the world. Athletes competed under severe, even crippling heat, harsh testament to the extreme weather that is the product of heedless human impact on our climate.
