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Added on the 24/05/2022 18:28:10 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
French President Emmanuel Macron visits Mont-Saint-Michel, a symbol of the "French spirit" of "resilience" and "resistance", on the eve of another day of union protests against pension reform. IMAGES
Emmanuel and Brigitte Macron arrive at Couesnon dam near Mont-Saint-Michel, before visiting the famous rocky islet in the English Channel to celebrate the millennium of the founding of its abbey. The French President is due to announce a campaign to classify more French religious buildings from the 19th and 20th centuries as historic monuments, in order to facilitate their preservation. IMAGES
A day after the 11th day of mobilisation against the pension reform, 200 to 300 demonstrators, held at a distance by the police, gathered to block the entry points of Mont-Saint-Michel in Normandy. IMAGES
Around 2,762 people dressed as smurfs gather in Lauchringen, Germany in an attempt to break the world record for the largest gathering of people dressed as the small blue creatures created by the Belgian cartoonist Peyo. IMAGES of event
French sailor François Gabart smashed six days and 10 hours off sailing's around the world record on Sunday producing what many pundits felt was a previously unthinkable time of 42 days, 16 hours, 40 minutes and 35 seconds. IMAGES of his arrival to Brest