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The French flag was raised under the Eiffel Tower during a ceremony commemorating the 80th anniversary of the Liberation of Paris. On 25 August 1944, at midday, firefighters from the ‘Sarniguet commando’ went to the Eiffel Tower to take down the Nazi flag that had been flying there for four years and replace it with the tricolour. IMAGES
The French flag was raised under the Eiffel Tower during a ceremony commemorating the 80th anniversary of the Liberation of Paris. On 25 August 1944, at midday, firefighters from the ‘Sarniguet commando’ went to the Eiffel Tower to take down the Nazi flag that had been flying there for four years and replace it with the tricolour. IMAGES
US Vice President Kamala Harris, accompanied by her husband Douglas Emhoff, lays a bouquet of white flowers in front of the bar Le Carillon in Paris in memory of the victims of the Novembre 13, 2015 terror attacks, the worst in France's post-war history. IMAGES
Lawyers for the various parties arrive at court on the second day of the closing arguments in the trial of the January 2015 attacks in Paris. The national anti-terrorist prosecutor's office is due to announce the sentences required against the 14 defendants, described as the linchpin of the attacks. IMAGES
The trial of Algerian student Sid-Ahmed Ghlam, accused of planning an attack against a church in April 2015 in Villejuif, southern Paris, and of having killed Aurélie Châtelain there, opens at the Special Assize Court of Paris. IMAGES
Three years after the jihadist attacks of November 13, 2015, French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe, members of the government and elected officials pay tribute to the victims of the attack by the Stade de France. IMAGES