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A subdued Bastille Day ceremony sees the Champs-Elysées empty. This year, French President Emmanuel Macron presides a scaled-down gathering of just 2,000 soldiers -- half the usual number -- at the Place de la Concorde. While jets perform their traditional flyovers over the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, authorities call off the annual military parade that marks the July 14, 1789, storming of the Bastille prison that launched the French Revolution. IMAGES
Police and military line the Champs Elysees in Paris ahead of France's Bastille Day celebrations, which are set to take place under tight security two weeks after the country was swept by riots. India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi is president Emmanuel Macron's guest of honour. IMAGES
Paris, Jul 14 (EFE/EPA).- (Camera: Christophe Petit-Tesson) Bastille Day, the French National Day, is held annually on 14 July to commemorate the storming of the Bastille fortress in 1789 and is celebrated with a military parade. This year Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Luxembourg, which took in French COVID-19 patients, are special guests of honour. FOOTAGE OF THE MILITARY PARADE.
Medical staff in white coats join the ranks of the military under the loud applause of French President Emmanuel Macron and all the audience, during the Bastille day ceremony at Concorde square in Paris. This year's celebration is honouring the mobilisation of the armies and hospitals too fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. IMAGES
Paris (France), Jul 9 (EFE / EPA) .- Paris rehearses to celebrate Bastille Day, celebrated annually on July 14 to commemorate the assault on the Bastille fortress in 1789.(CAMERA: Mohammed Badra)
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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