Wounded Lebanese photojournalist carries Olympic torch to honour journalists

Press agency photographer Christina Assi holds the Olympic torch in Vincennes (Thomas Padilla/AP)

A Lebanese photojournalist who was severely wounded during an Israeli strike on south Lebanon carried the Olympic torch in Paris on Sunday to honour journalists wounded and killed in the field.

The torch relay, which started in May, is part of celebrations in which about 10,000 people from various walks of life were chosen to carry the flame across France before the Games opening ceremony on July 26.