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A new bridge in the Italian coastal city of Genoa opens to traffic two years after the old one collapsed, killing 43 people. Just after 20:00 GMT the first vehicles cross the San Giorgio bridge that replaces the one that gave way during heavy rains on August 14, 2018. IMAGES
One year after the collapse of two apartment buildings in Marseille, several hundred people pay tribute to the eight victims and express their disappointment and anger with city authorities. IMAGES
At least 30 people are dead after a giant motorway bridge collapsed in the Italian city of Genoa in what the government are calling an "immense tragedy". IMAGES
A section of a viaduct on the A10 motorway collapses in Genoa, with cars and trucks trapped among the rubble. No casualties have yet been reported.
Paris is known as the city of love and some lovebirds come to the French capital to proclaim their undying affection. One of the ways to express your love was to lock a padlock inscribed with the initials of both lovers onto the Pont des Arts near the Louvre, but, alas, that romantic tradition will no longer be available to lovers walking through the Parisian canals. The world's first ever auction of the so-called Paris 'love locks' commenced on Tuesday. Over time, the extreme weight of the thousands of padlocks caused a parapet on the bridge to collapse in 2015, forcing the city to remove the locks and replace the metals railings with acryllic glass panels Fifteen sections of the original Pont des Arts railings mounted on wood will be auctioned by Credit Municipal de Paris, with the longest section stretching nearly 10 and a half feet. Funds raised by the auction house will be donated to the charities Solipam, the Salvation Army and Emmaus Solidarite.
The blades of Paris' famed Moulin Rouge are piled into a truck after they collapsed during the night, just months before the French capital hosts the Olympics, and leaving the iconic building looking bare. IMAGES
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