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The opening ceremony of the Paris Paralympics, the first to be held on French soil, begins between the Champs-Elysées and the Place de la Concorde, signalling the start of 11 days of competition in the French capital with a plume of blue, white and red smoke. 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
Voters put their ballot papers in the ballot box at a polling station in Sainte-Adresse (Seine-Maritime), near Le Havre, for the second round of the legislative elections, a historic election in which the Rassemblement National could emerge victorious, although there is considerable uncertainty about its ability to win an absolute majority in the Assembly and form a government. IMAGES
Images of the closing of a polling station in Saint-Junien, in south-western central France, and the start of the vote count, as turnout in the European elections in France reached 45.26% at 5pm, according to the French Interior Ministry. IMAGES
France's Armed Forces Minister Sebastien Lecornu welcomes US Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin at the Hôtel de Brienne in Paris. IMAGES