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French Defence Minister Florence Parly pays tribute to the 13 soldiers killed in Mali in a helicopter crash. The collision between two helicopters during an operation against insurgents in the country's restive north is the French military's heaviest single loss in nearly four decades. SOUNDBITE
In the barracks of the 1st regiment of parachute hussars of Tarbes, France's minister for the armed forces, Florence Parly, presides over a national tribute to the two French soldiers who were killed Saturday in Mali. IMAGES
"We are all thinking of him this evening", in the French National Assembly, members of all groups stood up in the debate chamber on Tuesday evening to applaud in tribute to AFP journalist Arman Soldin who was killed in Ukraine. SOUNDBITE
France's National Assembly observes a minute's silence in tribute to Master Corporal Maxime Blasco, killed in action in Mali on Friday. IMAGES
French President Emmanuel Macron lays a wreath with his G5 Sahel counterparts at the 5th Combat Helicopter Regiment base in Pau, the home of seven of the 13 French soldiers killed in operations in Mali last December. IMAGES