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A nurse injects a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine to a member of the medical staff at the Croix Rousse Hospital in Lyon, France, on Jan. 6, 2021.

The Vaccine Champions in France Defying Death Threats to Convert Anti-Vaxxers

Doctors, scientists, and pro-vaccine activists say they have received relen...

Doctors, scientists, and pro-vaccine activists say they have received relentless trolling and verbal abuse as they try to convert skeptics

Around 20.000 people demonstrating in Paris, France, on June 13, 2020 after a national appeal launched by the collective ''Verite pour Adama'' against racism and police violence.

How Assa Traoré Became the Face of France's Movement for Racial Justice

Traoré, whose brother died in police custody in 2016, is one of TIME’s 2020...

Traoré, whose brother died in police custody in 2016, is one of TIME’s 2020 Guardians of the Year

A picture taken on Nov. 13, 2017 shows lightened candles, flowers and messages at a makeshift memorial around the commemorative plaque outside the Bataclan concert hall in tribute of the victims of the attack on the Bataclan in which 90 people were killed on Nov. 13, 2015

The Paris Attacks 5 Years Ago Left Young People Scarred. But 'Generation Bataclan' May Get Its Chance for Justice

A trial of two suspected planners of the Nov. 13 attacks may eventually bri...

A trial of two suspected planners of the Nov. 13 attacks may eventually bring closure

President of French Ile-de-France region Valerie Pecresse (1st L), mayor of Conflans Sainte-Honorine Laurent Brosse (C) and mayor of Eragny-sur-Oise Thibault Humbert (2nd R) attend the 'Marche Blanche' in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, northwest of Paris, on October 20, 2020, in solidarity after a teacher was beheaded for showing pupils cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed

The Beheading of a Teacher in France Exposes a Cultural Schism That Threatens President Macron's Future

The killing of Samuel Paty threatens to shift the national conversation to ...

The killing of Samuel Paty threatens to shift the national conversation to the turf of the country’s resurgent far-right

Royal Seat of the Kingdom of Dahomey from the early 19th century, at the Quai Branly museum in Paris, on June 18, 2018.

Four Activists Have Been Fined for Trying to Remove an Artifact From a French Museum. They Still Say the Object Belongs in Africa

A Paris court on Wednesday sentenced four African activists with fines rang...

A Paris court on Wednesday sentenced four African activists with fines ranging from €250 to €1000—up to roughly $1,175—for "aggravated theft" after they were convicted of trying to remove an African artifact from display at...

Some employers are giving workers extra benefits in an attempt to encourage them to take time off

'We Heard Birds.' Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo on How Lockdown Offered a Glimpse at a Greener City

Lockdowns offered cities a glimpse of a greener future. Mayor Anne Hidalgo ...

Lockdowns offered cities a glimpse of a greener future. Mayor Anne Hidalgo wants to turn it into reality

Demonstrators protest against police brutality at the Tribunal de Paris courthouse on June 2 in Paris. Thousands of people gathered to protest against racism and police brutality despite a police order that the protest not proceed due to coronavirus (COVID-19) restrictions.

A Young Black Man Died in France 4 Years Ago in Police Custody. Now Thousands Are Protesting in His Name

Some 20,000 people in Paris defied a ban against public gathering on Tuesda...

Some 20,000 people in Paris defied a ban against public gathering on Tuesday to protest the death of Adama Traoré, a black man who died at the hands of police officers in 2016. The protests...