In pictures: Closing ceremonies for the 2014 Paralympic Winter Games

Aerial performers in action during the closing ceremonies of the 2014 Paralympic Winter Games at Fisht Olympic Stadium on Sunday in Sochi. Harry Engels / Getty Images / March 16, 2014

Flagbearer and cross country skier Lyudmyla Pavlenko, front, of Ukraine enters the stadium during the 2014 Paralympic Winter Games closing ceremonies on Sunday. Hannah Peters / Getty Images / March 16, 2014

Fireworks are set off during the closing ceremonies of the 2014 Paralympic Winter Games in Sochi on Sunday. Alexander Demianchuk / Reuters / March 16, 2014

BMX bikers perform during the closing ceremonies of the 2014 Paralympic Games on Sunday. Dmitry Lovetsky / AP / March 16, 2014

Actors perform during the closing ceremonies to the 2014 Paralympic Games on Sunday. Sergei Chirikov / EPA / March 16, 2014

A general view of Fisht Olympic Stadium during the finale of the closing ceremonies to the 2014 Paralympic Winter Games on Sunday. Harry Engels / Getty Images / March 16, 2014

The national paralympic team of Russia arrives at the Fisht Olympic Stadium to take part in the closing ceremonies for the 204 Paralympics on Sunday. Sergei Chirikov / EPA / March 16, 2014

Actors perform during the closing ceremony of the 2014 Paralympics on Sunday. Dmitry Lovetsky / AP / March 16, 2014

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends the closing ceremonies for the 2014 Paralympics on Sunday. Sergei Chirikov / EPA / March 16, 2014

Performers take part in the closing ceremonies of the 2014 Paralympic Winter Games in Sochi on Sunday. Alexander Demianchuk / Reuters / March 16, 2014

Fireworks explode after the closing ceremonies of the 2014 Paralympic Winter Games on Sunday. Justin Setterfield / Getty Images / March 16, 2014

Sochi staged one last grand show on Sunday as the 2014 Winter Paralympic Games came to a finish with a colourful closing ceremony.