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Added on the 17/11/2014 22:36:57 - Copyright : Reuters EN
French actor Tahar Rahim launches the holiday season in Paris as the Christmas lights are turned on on the Champs-Élysées. This year's lights will go out a week earlier than usual as the country faces an energy crisis. IMAGES
It's a sea of bodies and suitcases at Paris's Gare de Lyon on what is the busiest day of the summer for the SNCF (French national rail network, Eds.). A million passengers, some leaving for, others returning from their holidays, are expected to travel by train over the weekend. IMAGES
The trees lining the Avenue des Champs-Elysees in Paris light up their red garlands, kicking off the Christmas season lights. IMAGES
The A10 highway south of Paris is already dense with traffic going south. The day is classified as "black" on French roads, as summer holidays continue. IMAGES
In Paris, during the first three-day weekend in May, the banks of the Seine are mainly empty as France experiences its 47th day of lockdown in the fight against coronavirus. IMAGES
Law enforcement officials set up controls at strategic exit points around Paris in a bid to catch anyone defying government restrictions on travel on what is the 18th day of a national lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus. Under normal circumstances, many Parisians would be travelling this weekend to begin the Easter holidays. IMAGES
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