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Much of the world won't be seeing the Sochi Olympics opening ceremony until hours after it happens, but here's a glimpse of the backdrop against which it is taking place — a beautiful Black Sea sunset captured by Associated Press photographer Julio Cortez.

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Associated Press reporters will be filing dispatches about happenings in and around Sochi during the 2014 Winter Games. Follow AP journalists covering the Olympics on Twitter: http://apne.ws/