French President Emmanuel Macron during departures at the end of an EU Summit in Brussels, last month. Macron told a French newspaper this week that he wanted to "piss off" the unvaccinating, drawing the ire of opposition politicians. Stephanie Lecocq/AP hide caption
An employee walks among the cars during the inauguration of a factory that will recondition used cars near Paris, on Nov. 30. Eric Piermont/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Josephine Baker poses in Paris in the 1930s. HARCOURT/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
A vaccination center worker inoculates a woman with the Biontech vaccine against Covid-19 in Lower Saxony. Moritz Frankenber/dpa/picture alliance via Getty I hide caption
Pope Francis listens to speeches during his weekly general audience in the Pope Paul VI hall at the Vatican, Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2021. Alessandra Tarantino/AP hide caption
Perfume flower grower Pierre Chiarla picks jasmine flowers in his field in Grasse, France. Bénédicte Desrus for NPR hide caption
Colette Maze, now 107, began playing the piano at age 5 and defied the social conventions of her day to embrace it as a profession rather than as a pastime. Her son first arranged for her performances to be recorded when she was in her 90s. She has just released her sixth album. Family photo; Eleanor Beardsley/NPR hide caption
One thorny issue facing President Biden at the United Nations: the defense deal he announced with Australia and the U.K., which left France so angry it pulled its ambassador from Washington, D.C. Win McNamee/Getty Images hide caption
French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian is seen on Sept. 10. France said Friday it was recalling its ambassadors to the U.S. and Australia after Australia scrapped a big French conventional submarine purchase in favor of nuclear subs built with U.S. technology. Jens Schlueter/AP hide caption
Medical staff tend to COVID-19 patients at the Georges Pompidou European Hospital in Paris in April. Anne-Christine Poujoulat/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Cover of In the Country of Others and author Leila Slimani. Penguin Random House/Catherine Helie hide caption
Protesters and activists gather at Republique Square on the eve of the International Women's Day in Paris earlier this year. Lewis Joly/AP hide caption
The Nov. 13, 2015, Islamic State terror attacks took place at the Bataclan concert hall, the national soccer stadium and at restaurants and cafes. Twenty men are accused in the attacks that left 130 people dead and hundreds injured. Thomas Coex/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
A sign in the French city of Epernay proclaims it the "Capital of Champagne." Rebecca Rosman/NPR hide caption
Josephine Baker in uniform circa 1945. Hulton Deutsch/Corbis via Getty Images hide caption