As France's coronavirus cases decrease, the country has allowed its citizens to return back to their normal life. This includes sending students back to schools.

Students in France to return to schools; parents disagree

The two ducks resting on the plinth of a statue in front of Paris's Musee D'Orsay had struck out boldly from their usual habitat: to get there from the River Seine involves waddling across a four-lane highway.

What lockdown? Birds go out in Paris with humans in confinement

In Paris, teddy bears are practising social distancing to bring smiles to people's faces as France approaches its sixth week in confinement.

Teddy bears remind Paris of social distancing at newspaper store

Parisians have been in lockdown for nearly five weeks on Sunday (April 19), and many are already looking forward to May 11th, the date set by French President Emmanuel Macron as the end of the confinement period.

A haircut, a hug, a drink at a bar: Parisians dream of end to lockdown

A year on from the inferno that gutted Notre-Dame de Paris and stunned the world, the cathedral's great bell will ring out on Wednesday (April 15) evening, as a mark of the building's resilience and that of the medics battling France's coronavirus epidemic.

On fire's anniversary, Notre-Dame's great bell to break its silence

A look back at Notre-Dame Cathedral fire tragedy exactly a year ago

April 9 in history: First public art exhibition, Germany invades Denmark and more

Parisians thronged the city's rail stations and took to the highway early on Tuesday to escape the French capital before a lockdown imposed to slow the rate of coronavirus contagion kicked in at midday.

Parisians flee to the countryside ahead of coronavirus lockdown

France announces movement restriction due to coronavirus. Country deploys thousand police forces to ensure lockdown in the roads.

France deploy thousands police forces to ensure lockdown

Parisians appeared to ignore the French government's instructions to maintain safe distances between each other to curb the spread of the coronavirus, as they headed outdoors on Sunday (March 15) to enjoy some sun.

Parisians brush off virus fears to enjoy some sun

The chief executive of Groupe ADP, the company which runs Paris' two main international airports, Charles de Gaulle and Orly, has tested positive for the coronavirus, the group said Monday.

Paris airport chief tests positive for coronavirus

Louis Vuitton wrapped up Paris Fashion week on Tuesday (March 3) with a mix-up of retro-chic, sporty and futuristic looks set to a baroque soundtrack sung by a choir in costume.

Louis Vuitton unveils eclectic collection against live backdrop

British designer Stella McCartney, known for her long-standing defence of animal rights in fashion, sent models in giant farmyard onesies down her catwalk at Paris Fashion Week on Monday (March 2).

Designer Stella McCartney's humorous take on ethical fashion

The Louvre in Paris, the world's most visited museum, turned tourists away on Sunday after staff refused to work because of coronavirus fears, unions and management said.

Paris's Louvre museum closes over staff coronavirus fears

Asia Bibi, the Pakistan Christian woman who spent 8 years on death row in Pakistan has been given honorary citizenship of Paris. Asia was convicted under Pakistan's strict blasphemy law in 2010.

Asia Bibi now a Parisian

France is now facing a new plague that involves blood-sucking parasites. A campaign has been launched by the French government to combat an influx of bedbugs that have settled in homes and hotels to feed on human blood.

Paris launches new offensive against old enemy, bed bugs

Paris is preparing for a new municipal election, rats have become the focal point of Paris's municipal campaigns, with incumbent mayor Anne Hidalgo putting forward new generation bins supposed to deprive them of food, while the opposition boasts of setting up an application to report them.

Paris: Rats infestation a major issue ahead of municipal polls

French police held a Russian activist and his girlfriend for interrogation after the former claimed he released sex videos that brought down President Emmanuel Macron's favoured candidate for Paris mayor.

Russian activist, girlfriend held after leaked sex videos that ended Macron ally's campaign

Paris Saint-Germain survived the absence of Neymar and a Lyon fightback to win Sunday night's Ligue 1 clash 4-2 at a stormy Parc des Princes, helped by Fernando Marcal's truly stunning second-half own goal.

Ligue 1: PSG aided by own goal for the ages in win over Lyon

One of the most famous faces in the world peers out from a mosaic of Rubik's cubes in a Paris auction house where a version of the "Mona Lisa" will be up for bids later in the month.

Rubik's cube Mona Lisa to be auctioned in Paris

Thousands of demonstrators, most of them unionists, filled Paris' streets on Wednesday (January 29) in protest of the French government's planned pensions overhaul, claiming the movement has fallen to President Emmanuel Macron's deaf ears.

Thousands march in Paris against pension reform as support for movement stays strong

Paris, home to two of the three French people taken ill in China's coronavirus outbreak, cancelled a Lunar New Year parade on Sunday as a "precaution", the capital's mayor Anne Hidalgo said.

Paris cancels Lunar New Year parade due to China's viral outbreak

Jean-Paul Gaultier has bowed out of fashion with all the cheek and showmanship with which he has lit it up over the last half century. The legendary French provocateur bid farewell Wednesday with an hour-long feelgood musical spectacular with an orchestra and a cast of hundreds to celebrate the friends and the often outrageous looks that helped make him a star.

Fashion legend Jean-Paul Gaultier bows out in style

Christian Dior took the fashion world back to ancient Greece on Monday (January 20) with vapourous peplum-style gowns and shimmering golden numbers at its Haute Couture show, part of a twice-yearly showcase of one-of-a-kind outfits by top designers in Paris.

Dior's Grecian goddesses kick off Paris fashion extravaganza

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