Thousands of protesters across France hit the streets Saturday to condemn police brutality and a proposed law that would make it harder to publicize images of on-duty police officers. Alain Jocard/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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This video grab taken on Thursday from an AFP video shows CCTV camera footage, widely distributed on social networks, shows producer Michel Zecler being beaten up by police officers at the entrance of a music studio in the 17th arrondissement of Paris on Nov. 21. AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Wednesday
France announced some COVID-19 restrictions will ease this week after the country passed the peak of the virus's second wave. Restaurants will remain closed until January. Nicolas Tucat/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Thursday
Members of a French elite tactical police unit search the Notre Dame Basilica in Nice after a knife attack that killed three people and injured several others on Thursday. Valery Hache/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Wednesday
Demonstrators chant slogans during an anti-France protest in Istanbul on Sunday, as tensions rise between the two countries. Emrah Gurel/AP hide caption
Thursday
A waiter closes a bar terrace in Paris earlier this month amid a surge in coronavirus cases. Lewis Joly/AP hide caption
Monday
Demonstrators wearing face masks gather Sunday in Marseille, France, to pay tribute to teacher Samuel Paty, who was beheaded after he showed his class cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad. Denis Thaust/SOPA Images/Getty Images hide caption
Sunday
A demonstrator carries an "I am Samuel" sign as people gather Sunday in Place de la République in Paris to pay tribute to slain history teacher Samuel Paty. Similar rallies took place in other French cities as the country reels from the attack. Bertrand Guay/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Saturday
Authorities in France say they've detained nine people in connection with the decapitation of a history teacher in a Paris suburb on Friday. The teacher had shown caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad to his class, authorities said. Michel Euler/AP hide caption
Wednesday
An wounded Armenian soldier getting treatment in the basement of a medical center on Wednesday outside the city of Stepanakert, in the Nagorno-Karabakh region. Aris Messinis/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Saturday
Suzy Margueron (seated, center) who advocates for people with hearing loss, likes to gather with friends in Paris' Luxembourg Gardens. All have transparent masks, but say it's others who should be wearing them too. Eleanor Beardsley/NPR hide caption
France Encourages Use Of Transparent Masks To Help Those With Hearing Loss
Wednesday
Joann Woodson kneels at the gravesite of her husband, Cpl. Waverly Woodson Jr., at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va. Linda Hervieux via AP hide caption
Senators Push For Medal Of Honor For Late Black Medic Who Saved Lives At Normandy
Thursday
People wearing masks walk near the Eiffel Tower in Paris on Thursday, the same day that the government made masks mandatory in all the city's public outdoor spaces. Mehdi Taamallah/NurPhoto via Getty Images hide caption
Wednesday
Families are still seeking the musical instruments and other items stolen by the Nazis. Cornelia Li for NPR hide caption
Where Are The Thousands Of Nazi-Looted Musical Instruments?
Wednesday
Assa Traoré addresses a crowd during a demonstration in Persan, France, to commemorate the fourth anniversary of her brother Adama Traoré's death. "The fight for justice for Adama belongs to all of France," she says. Kiran Ridley/Getty Images hide caption