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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)
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
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
The French air force opens the air show on Bastille day in Paris. This year, the scaled-down ceremony due to the coronavirus pandemic honours the mobilisation of armies and the medical world against the pandemic. IMAGES
A French inventor and entrepreneur flies above the Champs-Elysees on a turbine engine-powered flyboard in front of President Emmanuel Macron and other EU leaders.IMAGES
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