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Construction is afoot at Guédelon castle, in France's northern Burgundy region, where builders and crafts people are using tools and methods from the Middle Ages. Cristina Baussan for NPR hide caption

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In France, workers build a castle from scratch the 13th century way

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Friday

A man rides a scooter in Paris, on March 31. The city has now banned rental electric scooters. Christophe Ena/AP hide caption

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Paris' rental electric scooter ban has taken effect

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Monday

Mohamed Toumba, one of the soldiers who ousted Nigerian President Mohamed Bazoum, addresses supporters of Niger's ruling junta in Niamey, Niger, Sunday, Aug. 6, 2023. Sam Mednick/AP hide caption

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Wednesday

French soldiers assist mostly French nationals in a bus waiting to be airlifted back to France on a French military aircraft, at the international Airport in Niamey, Niger, Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023. Sam Mednick/AP hide caption

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Sunday

Nigeriens participate in a march called by supporters of coup leader Gen. Abdourahmane Tchiani in Niamey, Niger, Sunday, July 30, 2023. Days after mutinous soldiers ousted Niger's democratically elected president, uncertainty is mounting about the country's future and some are calling out the junta's reasons for seizing control. The sign reads: "Down with France, long live Putin." Sam Mednick/AP hide caption

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Friday

A man walks by a burning car during clashes with police in Le Port on the French Indian Ocean island of La Reunion, on Friday over the fatal shooting by police of a 17-year-old in a Paris suburb. Richard Bouhet/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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A demonstrator runs on the third night of protests sparked by the fatal police shooting of a 17-year-old driver in the Paris suburb of Nanterre, France, Friday, June 30, 2023. Aurelien Morissard/AP hide caption

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Thursday

Police forces clash with youths in Nanterre, outside Paris, Thursday, June 29, 2023. The death of a 17-year-old by police during a traffic check Tuesday in the Paris suburb of Nanterre elicited nationwide concern and widespread messages of indignation and condolences. Christophe Ena/AP hide caption

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Thursday

Security forces gather in a playground at the scene of knife attack in Annecy, a town in the French Alps, on Thursday. Jean-Christophe Bott/Keystone via AP hide caption

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Monday

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak (right) walks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to a waiting Chinook helicopter after meetings at Chequers, the U.K. leader's country retreat, in Aylesbury, England, on Monday. Carl Court/Getty Images hide caption

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Bicycles burn during a protest outside the Paris City Hall on Friday, the day France's Constitutional Council approved an unpopular plan to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64. Michel Euler/AP hide caption

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