President Hollande reacts to the sound of a gunshot during his speech at the opening of a speed line train in France. Elysee/Screenshot by NPR hide caption
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French President Francois Hollande delivers a speech at a ceremony at the Elysee Presidential Palace in Paris on Thursday. Lionel Bonaventure/AP hide caption
French President Francois Hollande looks on as South African President Jacob Zuma leaves the Elysee Presidential palace in Paris on Monday. Dominique Faget/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Torrential downpours have lashed parts of Europe in recent days. In Paris, the Seine River breached its banks in places. Geoffrey Van Der Hasselt/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
People demonstrate in Le Havre, in northwestern France, on Thursday. A series of protests and strikes have been held over the past few months, to oppose a government plan to change France's labor law. Charly Triballeau/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
French President Francois Hollande (left) and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrive for a ceremony Monday to lay the foundation stone for the headquarters of the International Solar Allliance at Gurgaon, on the outskirts of New Delhi, India. Saurabh Das/AP hide caption
French President Francois Hollande delivers a speech honoring victims of the Paris attacks during a ceremony at the Invalides in Paris on Friday. The names of each of the 130 people killed in the attacks two weeks ago was read aloud. Francois Mori/AP hide caption
French President Francois Hollande leads a meeting about new WikiLeaks allegations of U.S. spying on French presidents. Charles Platiau/Pool/EPA/Landov hide caption
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, left, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, background right, arrive for a meeting in Munich, Germany on Saturday. Matthias Schrader/AP hide caption
Police forces gather in street outside the offices of the French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo in Paris on Wednesday, after armed gunmen stormed the offices. Martin Bereau/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
French President Francois Hollande (right) and Iraqi President Fuad Masum attend the Conference for Peace and Security in Iraq at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Paris on Monday. The two leaders were among those urging quick action against Islamic State militants. David Silpa/UPI/Landov hide caption
President Obama gestures toward French President Francois Hollande during their joint news conference on Tuesday. Susan Walsh/AP hide caption
Francois Hollande on a scooter in Paris in 2011, before he was elected president. A French magazine reported last week he was traveling incognito on a motorcycle to visit a girlfriend. He has not denied the report, but expressed "total indignation" that it was published. Bertrand Langlois/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
France's President Francois Hollande. His predecessor, Nicolas Sarkozy, reportedly thinks he's "a ridiculous little fat man." Pool/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
French President François Hollande is welcomed by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe prior to their meeting at Abe's official residence in Tokyo. Toru Tamanaka/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
French President Francois Hollande is surrounded by well-wishers on his short visit to Timbuktu, Mali, on Saturday. Jerome Delay/AP hide caption
Francois Hollande stands up in his car as he rides up the Champs-Elysees after taking the oath of office as President of France. Regis Duvignau/AP hide caption
In Paris on Sunday, supporters of newly elected president Francois Hollande celebrated. Joel Saget/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
French President Nicolas Sarkozy after Sunday's vote. Marc Piasecki/Getty Images hide caption