U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet focuses her March 6 address to the U.N. Human Rights Council on the threats posed by global inequality. Denis Balibouse/Reuters hide caption
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In this Feb. 20 photograph, a Nazi sign and words mocking the Holocaust were painted on a tombstone at the Garden of Remembrance in the cemetery in Champagne-au-Mont-d'Or, near Lyon, France. Jeff Pachoud/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
To Counter Anti-Semitism, French Women Find Strength In Diversity At Auschwitz
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A burning command car belonging to France's anti-terror squad is pictured as riot police take position near the Eiffel Tower. Kamil Zihnioglu/AP hide caption
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French president Emmanuel Macron takes part in a meeting in Évry-Courcouronnes on Feb. 4. Ludovic Marin/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Will Macron's 'Great National Debate' Help Defuse France's Yellow Vest Unrest?
Thursday
Protesters take part in an antigovernment yellow vest demonstration in front of the Hôtel National des Invalides in Paris early in January. Philippe Lopez/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Tuesday
Migrants walk toward a snow-covered pass to cross the border from Italy to France, in January 2018 near Bardonecchia, Italian Alps. Piero Cruciatti/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Rejected By Italy, Thousands Of Migrants From Africa Risk The Alps To Reach France
Thursday
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
Thursday
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
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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
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Demonstrators gather near the Arc de Triomphe in Paris during a protest on Saturday. AFP/Getty Images hide caption
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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