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It would've been his 75th birthday, and fans of French rocker Johnny Hallyday didn't forget. Hundreds gathered for a mass at the Church of the Madeleine in Paris to celebrate with ecclesiastic renditions of his classic songs. IMAGES
A 'national homage' to French rocker Johnny Hallyday began in Paris Saturday with an honour guard of up to 700 bikers following his hearse down the Champs Elysees. IMAGES
In a show of support for a principal threatened with a knife by a student on Friday, the French Minister of National Education, Nicole Belloubet met with staff at the secondary school, before participating in a round table on school security at Chenove town hall, near Dijon, in eastern France. IMAGES
"Morale is at zero and now they're organising to get out," says an acquaintance of the farmer who was killed by a vehicle that rammed through a roadblock put up by protesting farmers in southwestern France. The victim's husband and teenage daughter were seriously injured. IMAGES
The families of French citizens held hostage by Hamas militants in Gaza urge President Emmanuel Macron to step in to help secure their release. SOUNDBITE
Elected representatives from France's Les Républicains party and the general public gather around the mayor of L'Haÿ-les-Roses, a day after his home and family were targeted in a violent attack, with a car used as a battering ram, in riots following the death of a young man during a police check. IMAGES