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Tightrope walker Rasul Abakarov amazed the citizens of St. Petersburg with his daredevil walk on a high wire over the Neva River, strung between both ends of an open drawbridge - the Palace Bridge - to mark City Day.
Tightrope walking may be one of the oldest acrobatic practices, but one of the youngest practitioners of the art has become spectacularly good at it. 6-year-old Zhang Wang started working on his balancing act about a year ago when his dad came up with the idea to train his little son as an acrobat in order to build his self-confidence and independence. Zhang wang took to tightrope walking, or funambulism as it is sometimes called, like a fish to water and can now balance his way across a wire backward and even blindfolded.
French President Emmanuel Macron takes part in the second edition of Paralympic Day in Place de la Republique, where he plays wheelchair basketball and table tennis before meeting some of the thousands of spectators at the event. IMAGES
French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne, and all the members of her government, arrive at Matignon Palace in Paris for the first Council of Ministers of 2023. IMAGES
French Finance Minister, Bruno Le Maire visits the Air Liquide site in Port-Jérôme-sur-Seine, in the Seine-Maritime region, and speaks with employees, as part of a trip focussed on the national strategy for the development of low-carbon hydrogen. IMAGES
Speaking at the National Assembly, French health minister Olivier Véran slams opposition group Les Républicains, after a surprise move by the right-wing party to team up with the far-left and far-right late on Monday, to hold up a bill tightening measures against Covid-19. The centrist party of French President Emmanuel Macron was left red-faced as not enough of its lawmakers were still present in the chamber when the vote by a show of hands was taken to continue the debate. SOUNDBITE
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