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Added on the 14/09/2020 14:17:06 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
On the edge of the Bassin de la Villette, in the north-east of Paris, many people are enjoying the first weekend in the capital since France eased lockdown measures. IMAGES
Around the Paris Opera house, tourists and traffic is scarce on the first full day of confinement, which comes into effect in France at midday in an attempt to curb the spread of the coronavirus. IMAGES
Thousands of tourists and Parisians gather on the Champs-Elysées avenue in the French capital to welcome the new year. IMAGES
The planes of the Patrouille de France fly over Paris, leaving a trail of smoke in the colours of the French flag for the Bastille Day parade, as the country celebrates its national day. IMAGES
The Olympic flame is escorted down the Avenue Foch in Paris by the riders of the Cadre Noir de Saumur and carried by their leader, Thibaut Vallette, gold medallist in Rio in 2016, before being passed on to a young athlete during the Bastille Day parade. IMAGES