Dawn services for Anzac Day were disrupted in three cities. The hecklers seemed to be targeting a widespread Aboriginal custom meant to acknowledge the land’s original inhabitants.

The decision is the most significant since Kirsty Coventry was elected last year to serve as president of the I.O.C.

Pierre-Édouard Stérin is financing projects to make France less Muslim, more Catholic and more capitalist. He says his program has trained thousands running for municipal office on Sunday.

The restrictions on half the continent have been called racist and unfair. “We don’t come to the United States because we’re running away,” one N.B.A. fan said.