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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
Alphajet aircraft of the 'Patrouille de France' fly over the Champs-Elysees releasing plumes of red, white and blue smoke during the France's traditional Bastille Day military parade. IMAGES
French President Emmanuel Macron rides down the Champs-Élysées and arives at the presidential rostrum for the traditional 14 July military parade, which is taking place once more after being cancelled in 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. IMAGES
US Secretary of State John Kerry and New Zealand's Prime Minister John Key were President François Hollande's guests of honour for France's annual Bastille Day military parade on the Champs Elysees. IMAGES
French military and civil planes fly over the Champs-Elysées during annual Bastille Day military parade on July 14. Small hiccup during the parade of July 14 on the Champs-Elysées: one of the nine Alphajet of the French flypast released a red and not blue smoke as planned. 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
French President Emmanuel Macron arrives at the foot of the Arc-de-Triomphe, for the traditional Bastille Day parade, which returned to the Champs-Elysees after a one-year hiatus due to the Covid-19 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
French troops take part in the Bastille Day military parade in Paris. This year, the ceremony is in a reduced format and took a different route due to the upcoming Olympic Games. IMAGES