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Dozens of shoppers rush into the Printemps department store in Paris for the start of the winter sales amid record numbers of Covid cases. IMAGES
A polling station opens in the centre of Paris and voters start to cast their ballots for EU elections, in which the far-right National Rally is predicted to inflict a heavy defeat on President Emmanuel Macron's centrist grouping. IMAGES
French actress Catherine Deneuve unveils the Christmas window displays at Printemps Haussmann in Paris. IMAGES
Police are on the scene near the Bibliothèque François-Mitterrand train station in Paris after French police shot and wounded a woman who was making threats, a police source told AFP. According to witnesses the woman, who was completely veiled, shouted "Allahu akbar" ("God is Greatest") and "made threats", the source said, adding that "police fired because they feared for their safety". After passengers on a suburban train alerted police, agents managed to "isolate" the woman at the Bibliotheque Francois Mitterrand station on the capital's south bank, the source said. IMAGES
Football fans gathered in Paris to watch the World Cup semi-final celebrate as France defender Théo Hernandez opens the score against Morocco in the 5th minute. IMAGES