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People work in a call center of Covidom, a new remote medical monitoring app, inside the Paris public hospitals' Campus Picpus last month. Geoffroy Van Der Hasselt/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Friday

French President Emmanuel Macron attends a video conference call with French virologist Françoise Barré-Sinoussi on efforts to develop a vaccine and treatment against the new coronavirus, at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Thursday. Yoan Valat/AP hide caption

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Wednesday

Notre Dame cathedral is seen at sunset Tuesday, after repair work stops due to the coronavirus outbreak. Wednesday marks the first anniversary of the devastating fire that destroyed many parts of the Gothic cathedral. Chesnot/Getty Images hide caption

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Tuesday

Spectators watch cyclists compete in the fourth stage of the Tour de France in eastern France last July. Organizers say the 2020 race will begin in late August. Anne-Christine Poujoulat/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Thursday

April 15 will mark the first anniversary of the 2019 fire in Notre Dame cathedral. A small service will be livestreamed on Good Friday. Stephane Cardinale/Corbis via Getty Images hide caption

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Nearing Anniversary Of Devastating Fire, Notre Dame To Host A Good Friday Service

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Tony Doré wears a face mask as baguettes cool in his bakery in Paris' 15th arrondissement. Eleanor Beardsley/NPR hide caption

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'Boulangeries Are Helping Us Make It Through': In France, Bakeries Remain Essential

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Wednesday

French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle cruises at the coast of Frederikshavn in Denmark on March 29. The carrier is returning to home port after suspected cases of COVID-19 were found aboard. Henning Bagger/Ritzau Scanpix/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Saturday

Security with face masks stand in front of the Signal Iduna Park, where a temporary coronavirus treatment center opened in Dortmund, Germany, Saturday. Germany has the fourth-most COVID-19 cases in the world and demand for medical supplies has skyrocketed. Martin Meissner/AP hide caption

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Tuesday

French secretary of state for equality between men and women, Marlène Schiappa, in Paris in 2017. Philippe Lopez/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Thursday

Emergency medical personnel walk by a high-speed TGV train in Strasbourg station on Wednesday, preparing to evacuate 20 COVID-19 patients to hospitals in western France. Frederick Florin/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Tuesday

Jacques Enoch with his bike in the Alps in 1941. Danièle Enoch-Maillard's father, who was Jewish, survived World War II in an Alpine village with the help of a deputy mayor and a postal worker who sent smoke signals every time the Nazis headed up the mountain road to the hamlet. The Enoch-Maillard family hide caption

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The Enoch-Maillard family

Tuesday

French President Emmanuel Macron is seen on a television screen as he speaks during an address to the nation on the outbreak of COVID-19, caused by the novel coronavirus, on Monday. Ludovic Marin/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Saturday

French Ice Skating Federation (FFSG) president Didier Gailhaguet speaks to the media during a press conference in Paris on Wednesday. Francois Mori/AP hide caption

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Tuesday

The European Union's foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, talks to reporters Tuesday at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France. The same day, the U.K., France and Germany announced they were lodging a dispute against Tehran under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, or JCPoA, better known as the Iran nuclear deal. Jean-Francois Badias/AP hide caption

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