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Added on the 01/05/2019 14:39:39 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
The planes of the Patrouille de France fly over Paris, leaving a trail of smoke in the colours of the French flag for the Bastille Day parade, as the country celebrates its national day. IMAGES
The Olympic flame is escorted down the Avenue Foch in Paris by the riders of the Cadre Noir de Saumur and carried by their leader, Thibaut Vallette, gold medallist in Rio in 2016, before being passed on to a young athlete during the Bastille Day parade. IMAGES
French troops take part in the Bastille Day military parade in Paris. This year, the ceremony is in a reduced format and took a different route due to the upcoming Olympic Games. IMAGES
Prison officers use bins to block access to the Fleury-Merogis prison near Paris following Tuesday's ambush on a prison van in Normandy, which left two prison officers dead. IMAGES
Tensions erupt at Place de la Nation at the end of the Paris May Day march. Law enforcement fired tear gas to deal with what a police source called a minority of "radical elements". IMAGES