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French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal talks with residents of Blendecques, a town in France's northern region of Pas-de-Calais, as the nearby river Canche burst its banks again in a region already affected by several episodes of flooding. IMAGES
French President Emmanuel Macron leaves early from an EU summit in Brussels to return to France, where three nights of unrest over the police shooting of a teenager have taken place. Macron cancelled a media conference scheduled for the second and last day of the summit to go back to Paris. IMAGES
Rugby players from Stade Toulousain, who won the 22nd French championship in the club's history by beating La Rochelle in the Top 14 final at the Stade de France, arrive by bus at the Place du Capitole in Toulouse, where they are cheered on by the fans. IMAGES
The first of nine Senegalese army veterans, aged 85 to 96 who fought for France, arrive in Dakar after the French state dropped a condition stipulating that they must live in France for half the year or lose their French army pension. Following the decision in January, the veterans can now return home for good and continue receiving their monthly allowance of 950 euros ($1,000). IMAGES
President and re-election candidate Emmanuel Macron and his wife, Brigitte Macron return to their home in Le Touquet after voting in the first round of the presidential elections. IMAGES
The French and Beninese Ministers of Culture sign an act of transfer of ownership from France to Benin, allowing 26 colonial-era treasures from the kingdom of Abomey to return to their country after nearly 130 years of absence. IMAGES