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Images from the beginning of the "interministerial crisis unit" meeting in Paris on the situation in New Caledonia, coordinated by French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal. Anger over France's plan to impose new voting rules has spiralled into the deadliest violence in four decades in the archipelago of 270,000 people, which lies between Australia and Fiji -- 17,000 kilometres (10,600 miles) from Paris. IMAGES
French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal arrives in Montbeliard, in the eastern Doubs departement, to launch "Montbeliard, French Capital of Culture" 2024. IMAGES
French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte arrive at the Royal Palace in Stockholm, accompanied by the King of Sweden Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia. Macron is on a two-day state visit to Sweden, with the Nordic country on the cusp of becoming a NATO member following Russia's invasion of Ukraine. IMAGES
French PM Elisabeth Borne arrives in French Guiana to spend New Year's Eve with the armed forces fighting illegal gold mining in this overseas territory. This is the Prime Minister's first visit to this department of 300,000 inhabitants in the north-east of South America. IMAGES
French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne arrives in Mayotte for a lightning visit to France's poorest department, which is facing severe drought, migratory pressure from the neighbouring Comoros and growing insecurity. The archipelago, located in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Southeastern Africa, chose to remain with France in the 1974 Comorian independence referendum. IMAGES