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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
After crossing Paris, the Olympic torch arrives at Place de la République in the hands of Nikola Karabatic, star of French handball. IMAGES
The Olympic flame is escorted down the Avenue Foch in Paris by the riders of the Cadre Noir de Saumur and carried by their leader, Thibaut Vallette, gold medallist in Rio in 2016, before being passed on to a young athlete during the Bastille Day parade. IMAGES
French President Emmanuel Macron is transported along avenue Foch in the "command car" during the Bastille Day military parade in Paris before greeting members of his government and the army. IMAGES
Several dozen gendarmes are stationed near Clairvaux Abbey, in the Aube region of north-eastern France, for the start of the Olympic torch relay test, four months before the Paris 2024 Games. IMAGES