French far-right leader Marine Le Pen arrives at a Paris court expected to deliver a verdict in an embezzlement case that could shake up French politics and derail far-right leader Marine Le Pen's career Monday, March 31, 2025 in Paris. Thibault Camus/AP hide caption
From left: Liberty Enlightening the World, Bill Skarsgård, Sunita Williams (before her ISS sojourn). Bruce Bennett/Getty Images; Jon Kopaloff/Getty Images; Joe Raedle/Getty Images hide caption
The Statue of Liberty was a gift from France to the U.S. in the 1880s, celebrating their friendship and the anniversary of U.S. independence. Pamela Smith/AP hide caption
Activists hold posters during a women's rights demonstration, Dec. 14, 2024 in Avignon, southern France, where the trial of dozens of men accused of raping Gisèle Pelicot while she was drugged and rendered unconscious by her husband is taking place. Aurelien Morissard/AP hide caption
The European Court of Human Rights, located in Strasbourg, eastern France, said the French woman should not be at blame for her divorce because she refused sexual relations with her husband. Frederick Florin/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Former far-right National Front party leader Jean-Marie Le Pen clenches his fist at the statue of Joan of Arc in Paris in 2017 Kamil Zihnioglu/AP hide caption
Gisèle Pelicot arrives at the courthouse in Avignon, France, on Dec. 19, 2024, in advance of the verdict being read out from the trial of her ex-husband and more than four dozen other men 50 who were found guilty of aggravated rape against her. Clement Mahoudeau/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
In this Nov. 11, 2019 file photo, French former president Nicolas Sarkozy attends a ceremony at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. Ludovic Marin/Pool via AP hide caption
This photo provided Dec.15, 2024 by the Civil Security shows rescue workers clearing an area in the French territory of Mayotte in the Indian Ocean, after Cyclone Chido caused extensive damage with reports of several fatalities. AP/UIISC7/Securite civile hide caption
French President Emmanuel Macron, left, is to shake hands with President-elect Donald Trump as he arrives at the Elysee Palace, on Saturday. Aurelien Morissard/AP hide caption
French lawmakers debate in the National Assembly in Paris Wednesday. A majority of legislators voted to oust Prime Minister Michel Barnier, forcing him to resign. Telmo Pinto/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images hide caption
French Prime Minister Michel Barnier (center) talks to people at the National Assembly before French lawmakers vote on a no-confidence motion in Paris Wednesday. Michel Euler/AP hide caption
From left: Michelle Salaün, Jeannine Plassard and Marie-Annick Gouez, the daughters of Catherine Tournellec Salaün, stand at their mother's grave in Plabennec, in France's Brittany region, in June. Eleanor Beardsley/NPR hide caption
A photograph of German soldiers at the entrance to the Richelieu Drouot metro station in Paris, taken on July 14, 1940. Musée de la Résistance nationale à Champigny-sur-Marne/fonds Raoul Minot, 1999 hide caption
Gisèle Pélicot (left) arrives in the Avignon court house, in Avignon, southern France, on Thursday. Lewis Joly/AP hide caption
Pavel Durov, CEO of Telegram, is pictured onstage at TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2015 on Sept. 21, 2015, in San Francisco. Steve Jennings/Getty Images for TechCrunch hide caption
Michel Barnier speaks during a campaign rally on Feb. 13, 2022, in Paris. President Emmanuel Macron named the former EU Brexit negotiator as France's new prime minister on Thursday after more than 50 days of caretaker government. Francois Mori/AP hide caption
Zakia Khudadadi from the Paralympic Refugee Team, bottom, celebrates her bronze medal in Para Taekwondo during the Paralympic Games in Paris, Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024. Madeleine Mertens/AP hide caption
Telegram founder Pavel Durov, in Jakarta, Indonesia in 2017. His popular messaging app offers end-to end encryption in individual chats, which puts the chat logs outside the reach of law enforcement. Tatan Syuflana/AP hide caption
Telegram co-founder Pavel Durov speaks during a press conference in 2017. Tatan Syuflana/AP hide caption
Travelers sit on stairs at the Gare de Montparnasse at the 2024 Summer Olympics on Friday in Paris. Hours away from the opening ceremony of the Olympics, high-speed rail traffic to the French capital was severely disrupted on Friday following what officials described as "criminal actions" and sabotage. Yasin Dar/AP hide caption
Chef Mustapha Kachetel serves a couscous royal in the restaurant Le Fémina, in Noailles. Emilienne Malfatto for NPR hide caption
Athletes dive into the Seine River from the Alexander III bridge on the start of the first leg of the women's triathlon test event for the 2024 Paris Olympics in Paris in August 2023. Michel Euler/AP hide caption
Mikel Oyarzabal of Spain celebrates as Spain wins the UEFA European Championship final match against England at Olympiastadion in Berlin on Sunday. Hesham Elsherif/Anadolu via Getty Images hide caption