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On the base of the GIGN, the gendarmerie's elite tactical unit, in Versailles-Satory, near Paris, French President Emmanuel Macron posthumously awarded the Legion of Honour to Major Arnaud Blanc, an elite French gendarme who was killed in French Guiana, an overseas territory of France in South America, while taking part in an operation to combat illegal gold mining. IMAGES
France on Monday pays tribute to three gendarmes from the Ambert brigade (Puy-de-Dôme), killed last Tuesday by a man who was threatening his wife with armed weapons. The ceremony is held in the presence of French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin and Army Minister Florence Parly. IMAGES
French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal arrives at the military funeral ceremony for Xavier Salou and Nicolas Molinari, two gendarmes killed in New Caledonia, during more than a week of violence on the French Pacific territory that has now killed seven people. IMAGES
French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal attends the national tribute in Caen, northwestern France, to the two prison guards killed on May 14 when gunmen attacked a prison van to free a convict linked to gangland drug killings. IMAGES
French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin takes part in a ceremony in tribute to Stephanie Monferme, a police officer who was fatally stabbed in the entrance of the Rambouillet police station, near Paris, in April 2021 by a Tunisian delivery driver, who was subsequently shot dead by a police officer. IMAGES
Supporters of Zambian President Lungu hold a rally in Lusaka during a tense presidential race, which has been marked by clashes between rival supporters. The presidential election will take place on Thursday. IMAGES.