Olympic Torch Met With Protests

The Olympic torch arrived in Rio de Janeiro Wednesday after a three month tour through cities around Brazil.

Rio's mayor Eduardo Paes paraded the torch on its first few laps around the city center, ahead of the Olympic opening ceremony on Friday, the BBC reports.

But police had to intervene as a crowd of protesters tried to disrupt the torch relay in the north of the city, demonstrating against the high cost of hosting the Games while Brazil faces a political and economic crisis.