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Added on the 22/03/2024 11:33:23 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
After crossing Paris, the Olympic torch arrives at Place de la République in the hands of Nikola Karabatic, star of French handball. 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
Large-scale security forces were being deployed in and around Nice, in southern France, Saturday for the 133th carnival which was expected to draw large crowds, seven months after a truck attack left 86 dead in town. IMAGES
Policemen guard the gates leading to the Jerusalem's Old City and barriers are set up along the route, as the city prepares for the annual "flag march" commemorating the capture of East Jerusalem in the 1967 Six-Day war. IMAGES
French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin arrives at the Ile-de-France Gendarmerie regional training centre, for a meeting with security forces over measures for the Olympic and Paralympic Games, and in particular the security arrangements for the Olympic Torch Relay. IMAGES