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Winter Olympics Closing Ceremony: Live Updates and Photographs

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea — The 2018 Winter Olympic Games come to a conclusion with the closing ceremony, beginning at 6 a.m. Eastern time. Stay here for live updates, photographs and analysis from Pyeongchang:

In a colorful intro, young skiers and skaters on wheels dashed onto the circular stage that filled the pentagonal stadium. There was heavy use of light projections on the stage.

President Moon of South Korea and Thomas Bach of the I.O.C. arrived and shook hands with Ivanka Trump among others.

They were presented with snow globes by two children. Their significance? They were each born on July 7, 2011, the day Pyeongchang was awarded the Games.