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Added on the 27/02/2018 17:10:00 - Copyright : NouvelObs Montage
French President Emmanuel Macron pays tribute to Corsican resistance fighters on the 80th anniversary of the island's liberation in 1943, during his fifth visit to the island since 2017. IMAGES
French President Emmanuel Macron arrives in Clichy-sous-Bois, in Seine-Saint-Denis, in the Île de France region immersing himself into a crowd before inaugurating a "solidarity dojo". IMAGES
Hundreds of people line the streets to pay tribute as a hearse carrying the coffin of nationalist figure Yvan Colonna arrives Ajaccio, the capital of the French Mediterranean island of Corsica. Colonna was attacked on March 2 by a fellow inmate at a prison in southern France where he was being held over the 1998 assassination of a senior French government official. News of his death -- which was announced late on Monday -- risks inflaming tensions after some of the worst rioting for years earlier this month in Corsica, where some see Colonna as a hero in the fight for independence. IMAGES
Neige the cow, the mascot of the 2022 International Agricultural Show in Paris, has taken up residence at the Porte de Versailles. Neige is a 4-year-old Abondance breed and is expected to see 70% of the show's visitors. IMAGES
Prison officers gather at the entrance to Fleury-Merogis prison near Paris for a third day of action following Tuesday's ambush on a prison van in Normandy, which killed two prison officers. IMAGES
A pro-Israeli demonstration takes place in front of the International Court of Justice's Peace Palace, with Israel expected to hit back at allegations from South Africa that it has escalated a campaign of "genocide" with its military operation in Rafah. IMAGES