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Added on the 09/02/2022 12:50:59 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
The first vehicles participating in a "freedom convoy" against the vaccination pass leave Bayonne in the south west of France for Paris. The procession, inspired by Canadian truckers' protests against the vaccination pass, is set to be repeated at several spots around the country. IMAGES
A convoy of protesting farmers on their way to the wholesale Rungis market, south of Paris -- a key food distribution hub for the capital, was blocked by police at Sully-sur-Loire, in north-central France. IMAGES
A French military aircraft is loaded with humanitarian aid destined for Gaza, at Orléans-Bricy air base, south of Paris, before taking off for Egypt. Alarm has surged over the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza as the Israel-Hamas war rages into a seventh week. IMAGES
Former French President François Hollande arrives at the special court of assizes in Paris, behind panels to hide his arrival from the cameras, as he testifies as part of the Nice attack trial. IMAGES
Press motorcyclists follow Emmanuel Macron's presidential convoy after his victory speech at the Champ de Mars, under the Eiffel Tower. Macron is set to win around 58 percent of the vote in the second-round run-off compared with Le Pen on 42 percent, according to projections by polling firms for French television channels based on a sample of the vote count. IMAGES