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Paris Games: Basketball At Paralympics Celebrated By Google Doodle Today With A Hidden Message. Can You Spot It?

Google Doodle today shares an important message hidden within the cute animated toon. Read on to find out what it is.

Google Doodle Today: Google continues to celebrate the Paris Paralympics Games with Doodles that are cute and touching at the same time. On Friday, August 30, the exhilarating game of wheelchair basketball was highlighted by the Search Giant in its toon Doodle. The Doodle showed Google's now-signature Summer Games birds make a slam dunk like a pro. However, if you notice closely, there is a much more important message hidden in Google Doodle today. Were you able to spot it?

First, take a close look at the Google Doodle today:

Paris Games: Basketball At Paralympics Celebrated By Google Doodle Today With A Hidden Message. Can You Spot It?

You must've spotted that what (Larry) bird is dunking is not a basketball but looks like a waste item/rubbish. And the dunk is being done not in a typical basketball net, but one of Paris' signature disposable green waste baskets that are lined up along the city streets. 

Paris was the centre of the historic 2016 Climate Agreement, so it makes sense that Google took this opportunity to spread an important message: DON'T LITTER! 

Our cities are ours to take care of, so be it the City of Lights or just about any other location around the world, it makes sense to take responsibility for keeping them clean. 

Wheelchair Basketball At 2024 Summer Paralympics: Schedule, Qualification Process, More

The 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris has kicked off, with wheelchair basketball taking centre stage from August 29 to September 8. This year's competition includes both men’s and women’s tournaments, though with fewer teams than in previous years.

A total of eight teams will compete in each tournament — reduced from the previous Paralympic Games, where the men’s tournament featured twelve teams and the women’s ten. 

Qualification for the event was primarily through zonal championships, with the top four nations from each zone securing spots at the Games. Teams that missed out on direct qualification had a final chance to secure a place through a repechage tournament, which included teams based on their rankings at the World Championships. The host nation, France, along with the repechage tournament host, also received invitations if they had not already qualified. 

The tournaments promise to deliver intense competition as the world’s best wheelchair basketball teams vie for Paralympic glory.

About the author Shayak Majumder

Shayak Majumder leads the ABP Live English team. He reviews gadgets, covers everything AI, and is on the lookout for the next big tech trend to cover. He is also building a data-driven AI-aware newsroom. Got tips? Reach out!

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