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French football team captain and PSG star striker Kylian Mbappe and Parisian club president Nasser Al-Khelaifi arrive at the Elysée Palace for a state dinner with the Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani and French President Emmanuel Macron. IMAGES
Qatar's emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, arrives at the Élysée Palace in Paris for a state dinner hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron and First Lady Brigitte Macron, as part of a two-day visit to France focused on the release of hostages in Gaza and the relaunch of the process to create a Palestinian state, as well as on strengthening bilateral relations. IMAGES
The dismantling of the scaffolding around the spire of Notre-Dame de Paris, which was burnt in a fire in 2019, is underway and is expected to take a few months. The spire should be fully visible for the Paris Olympic Games, as the public institution confirmed to AFP. IMAGES
Images show French President Emmanuel Macron singing "les Champs-Elysées", a famous song by Joe Dassin, on stage during his state visit to Sweden. Macron sings along with professional singers and others gathered around him at the end of a conference on democracy at Lund University. IMAGES
President Emmanuel Macron is given a red carpet welcome and an elephant honour guard as he starts a two-day visit to India, with France eyeing lucrative deals with the world's fifth-largest economy. IMAGES
Carpenters at Paris Notre Dame Cathedral cheer as the last dowel is hammered in its wooden frame structure rebuilt identically to the original medieval-age one. Following the tradition, a bouquet made up from a branch coming from one of trees used in the reconstruction project is placed at the top of the choir frame, marking the end of this rebuilding stage. Notre Dame was ravaged by fire on 15 April 2019 and is due to reopen in less than a year. IMAGES