Dentist Jacobus Van Nierop, pictured in his office in Chateau-Chinon, France, in 2009, has now been banned from practicing. Christophe Masson/AP hide caption
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Some women in France say they feel conflicted by a growing presence of Islamic fashion, including the "burkini," a full-body swimsuit. These two are marketed by Marks & Spencer. Courtesy of Marks and Spencer hide caption
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Protesters hold signs reading, "Prostitutes are angry. Don't touch our clients," during a protest Wednesday in Paris against legislation combating prostitution and sex trafficking. Thibault Camus/AP hide caption
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Police detain a group of people at the Place de la Bourse in Brussels, Belgium, Saturday. Authorities had banned all marches in Brussels after a far-right group announced its plans to hold an anti-Muslim rally in the city. Geert Vanden Wijngaert/AP hide caption
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French President Francois Hollande delivers a speech after the weekly cabinet meeting on Wednesday. Stephane de Sakutin/AP hide caption
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Law enforcement descended on Argenteuil, northwest of Paris, where a suspect allegedly was planning a major terrorist attack on France. He was arrested Thursday. GEOFFROY VAN DER HASSELT/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
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People walk past wooden cabins in France's first international-standard refugee camp on March 8, 2016, in Grande-Synthe, France. Denis Charlet/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Defying French Government, Aid Group Builds Refugee Camp
Wednesday
A clinical trial at the Biotrial laboratory in Rennes, France, left one person dead and put five more in the hospital. Damien Meyer/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Tuesday
Dutch dentist Jacobus Van Nierop in his dental office in Chateau-Chinon, France, in 2009. Christophe Masson/AP hide caption
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Amran, an unaccompanied minor from Afghanistan, at right, walks in the camp known as the Jungle with 35-year-old Farid Hamdan, a father of four, also from Afghanistan. "My heart is saying help him because he's only a kid," says Hamdan. "He has nobody else here to look after him." There are 300 to 400 children staying in the Jungle. Eleanor Beardsley/NPR hide caption
A Young Afghan Migrant Makes His Way In The Calais 'Jungle'
Tuesday
A medal denoting a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) is seen here at a ceremony last month. Under a new contract, a French company will make some of Britain's medals. John Stillwell/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
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French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius waves to members of Parliament on Wednesday during questions to the government session at the National Assembly in Paris. Christophe Ena/AP hide caption
Kiss Me, Kate is the latest in a series of American musicals to be performed at the Theatre du Chatelet in Paris. "It is such a glorious theater to perform in," says director Lee Blakeley. Vincent Pontent/Courtesy of Théâtre du Châtelet hide caption
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Children attend a lesson in a classroom of a primary school, in Cherbourg-Octeville, northwestern France. CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
The Bataclan concert hall in Paris was the scene of carnage during November's terrorist attack. The lifesaving actions that night by Didi, a security guard of North African descent, have only recently become known. Survivors say he may have helped save 400 to 500 people. Francois Guillot/AFP/Getty Images hide caption