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Hard-left firebrand Jean-Luc Melenchon, leader the freshly-formed New Ecological and Social Popular Union (NUPES), votes in Marseille in the first round of the French parliamentary elections, as the left seeks to thwart President Emmanuel Macron's plans for reform. IMAGES
France's far-left leader Jean-Luc Melenchon, who scored a close third-place finish in the first-round vote, casts his ballot in Marseille for the secound round of the presidential election. IMAGES
Jean-Luc Mélenchon, candidate for the hard-left La France Insoumise party, casts his ballot in the port city of Marseille during the first round of France's presidential elections. Polls opened in mainland France at 0600 GMT after an unusual campaign overshadowed by Russia's invasion of Ukraine that analysts warned could lead to unpredictable outcomes with turnout a major factor. IMAGES
Hard-left leader Jean-Luc Melenchon arrives in court for the opening of his trial for obstructing a police raid at his party's headquarters last October . IMAGES
Jean-Luc Melenchon, the French far-left presidential candidate who was eliminated in the first round of the election, casts his ballot in the second round of the vote. IMAGES
In the small Swiss town of Rolle, images show the house of the Franco-Swiss filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard, the father of the French New Wave and one of the most influential filmmakers of the 20th century, who has died at the age of 91. IMAGES