French far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen leaves a polling station after casting her vote in Henin Beaumont, Northern France, in parliamentary elections held earlier this month. Michel Spingler/AP hide caption
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French politician Simone Veil speaks about abortion while she was health minister in 1974. The legislation that legalized abortion in France is still known as "Veil's law." Eustache Cardenas/AP hide caption
Three groups say BNP Paribas transferred $1.3 million that was used to purchase weapons, in violation of a U.N. arms embargo. Remy de la Mauviniere/Associated Press hide caption
An officer stands at the Fresnes Prison in France in September 2016. Fresnes was the first French prison to separate radicalized inmates from the general prison population. Patrick Kovarik/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Ten international cheesemongers competed to be named the best cheesemonger in the world at Mondial du Fromage. Nathalie Vanhaver, from Belgium, in center, took gold. Christophe Gonzalez, from France, on the left, won silver; and for the first time ever, an American, Nadjeeb Chouaf, took home the bronze. Courtesy of Rodolphe Le Meunier/Deedee Dorzee hide caption
French President Emmanuel Macron, photographed in Berlin in January 2017. Sean Gallup/Getty Images hide caption
People in Bayonne, France, walk past posters for parliamentary elections, scheduled to take place June 11 and June 18. Bob Edme/AP hide caption
French President Emmanuel Macron (right) and Russian President Vladimir Putin walk in the Galerie des Batailles (Gallery of Battles) at the Palace of Versailles as they arrive for a joint press conference following their meeting near Paris on Monday. Stephane de Sakutin/AP hide caption
Cléry strawberries are on sale at a market in Paris. Strawberries take over the city's outdoor markets — and one woman's memory — in May. Adeline Sire for NPR hide caption
Conservative lawmaker Edouard Philippe has been chosen to be the next prime minister. Philippe is mayor of Le Havre, France. Charly Triballeau/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
French presidential election Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte met and fell in love when she was his high school drama teacher. They married in 2007. Patrick Kovarik/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Emmanuel Macron's Unconventional Candidacy Stems From An Unconventional Life
Nicolas Dupont-Aignan (left) and Marine Le Pen at a joint press conference in Paris on April 29, where Le Pen declared she would appoint Dupont-Aignan prime minister if elected. Geoffroy Van Der Hasselt/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
French far-right candidate Marine Le Pen's National Front party now has a new interim leader, after Jean-Francois Jalkh (right) stepped down over comments about the Holocaust. The two are seen here at the Elysee in 2014. Alain Jocard/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Police officers block access to the Champs Elysees in Paris after a shooting on Thursday. France's Interior Ministry said the attacker was killed in the incident on the world-famous boulevard. Thomas Samson/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
French Presidential candidates: Jean-Luc Melenchon (left), Francois Fillon, Marine Le Pen and Emmanuel Macron. Lionel Bonaventure/AFP and Sylvain Lefevre/Getty Images hide caption