A boy is airlifted after an avalanche on the French Alps on Wednesday. Rescuers are calling his survival a true "miracle." UGC/AP hide caption
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Police officers stand near the place where Cherif Chekatt, the alleged gunman who had been a fugitive since allegedly killing three people at a popular Christmas market in Strasbourg, France, was shot dead by police on Thursday. Sebastien Bozon/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Wednesday
A French soldier stands guard at the Christmas market in Strasbourg, in front of the city's cathedral, as police conduct a search for a man suspected of opening fire on a crowd the night before. Patrick Hertzog/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Tuesday
French emergency services arrive at a Christmas market in Strasbourg, France, after a gunman killed at least three people and wounded nearly a dozen more. AP hide caption
Monday
French President Emmanuel Macron delivered a special address to the nation on Monday, his first public comments after four weeks of nationwide "yellow vest" (gilet jaune) protests. Ludovic Marin/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Yellow vest protesters face off against police in Paris on Saturday. Alain Jocard/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
After More 'Yellow Vest' Protests, France's President Macron To Address Nation
Tuesday
The French government is suspending a planned fuel tax hike, after "yellow vest" demonstrators took to the streets for months of protests. On a motorway near Aix-en-Provence, France, on Tuesday, demonstrators set up a barrier. Claude Paris/AP hide caption
Monday
Demonstrators gather near the Arc de Triomphe in Paris during a protest on Saturday. AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Tuesday
A "Yellow Vest" protester waves a French flag in Villefranche-sur-Saone on Saturday, during a demonstration against high fuel prices. Jeff Pachoud/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Tuesday
A gap now exists where two buildings collapsed on Monday morning in Marseille, France. A third building was damaged and also torn down. Emin Akyel/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Monday
A firefighter helps a youngster reach safety in a flooded street during a rescue operation following heavy rains that saw rivers bursting their banks in Trèbes, near Carcassonne, in southern France. Pascal Pavani/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Wednesday
Notorious French criminal Rédoine Faïd poses prior to an interview with a French TV channel in 2010. IBO/AP hide caption
Thursday
The champagne grape harvest in northeastern France, like this one near Mailly-Champagne, started early this year due to lack of rain. Francois Nascimbeni/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Champagne Makers Bubble Over A Bumper Crop Caused By European Drought
Wednesday
A flotilla of more than a hundred trawlers in the Bay of Seine in November of last year. Pascal Rossignol/Reuters hide caption
Tuesday
Nicolas Hulot, the French environmental minister, departs a weekly Cabinet meeting in Paris in February. "I don't want to give the illusion that my presence in government means we're answering these issues properly," Hulot said in resigning Tuesday. Ludovic Marin/AFP/Getty Images hide caption