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Demonstrators wearing masks stage a protest by the National Assembly against the security bill in Paris, Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020. French lawmakers start debating Tuesday a security bill that would ban the publication of images of police officers with intent to cause them harm, a measure that provokes outrage from journalist organizations and rights campaigners. Banner reads, stop to the global security bill. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

France mulls ban on police images, alarming rights defenders

By SYLVIE CORBET - Associated Press

France's Olivier Giroud, right, scores his side's first goal during the UEFA Nations League soccer match between France and Sweden at the Stade de France stadium in Saint-Denis, northern Paris, Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

Giroud scores 2 as France beats Sweden 4-2 and relegates it

By JEROME PUGMIRE - Associated Press

South Korean Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun, third from right, wearing a face mask to help curb the spread of the coronavirus salutes during a ceremony to mark the 81st anniversary of the Memorial Day for Martyred Ancestors in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

The Latest: 6-day lockdown ordered in South Australia state

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A hospital worker takes a break on an outdoor walkway as the day shift comes to an end and night falls upon the La Timone hospital in Marseille, southern France, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2020. France is more than two weeks into its second coronavirus lockdown, and intensive care wards have been over 95% capacity for more than 10 days now. Associated Press journalists spent 24 hours with the intensive care team at La Timone, southern France's largest hospital, as they struggled to keep even one bed open for the influx of patients to come. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)

A lifetime of pain in 24 hours: A French ICU in the pandemic

By LORI HINNANT - Associated Press

Supporters of 'Tehreek-e-Labaik Pakistan, a religious political party, take a rest while blocking a main road during an anti-France rally in Islamabad, Pakistan, Monday, Nov. 16, 2020. The supporters are protesting the French President Emmanuel Macron over his recent statements and the republishing in France of caricatures of the Muslim Prophet Muhammad they deem blasphemous. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)

Pakistani Islamists’ anti-France sit-in ends peacefully

By ZARAR KHAN - Associated Press

French believers stand and chant religious songs in front of Saint Sulpice Catholic church, in Paris, Friday, Nov. 13, 2020. Dozens of believers gather to protest against the government measures to close churches as part of the monthlong partial lockdown to stop fast-rising virus hospitalizations and deaths.(AP Photo/Francois Mori)

French Catholics protest for end to lockdown on Mass

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Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo gestures during the UEFA Nations League soccer match between Portugal and France at the Luz stadium in Lisbon, Saturday, Nov. 14, 2020. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)

France beats Portugal, clinches Nations League finals spot

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Secret parties, one giant and violent, test French lockdown

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File-This April 22, 2017, file photo shows Cholet's Killian Hayes shooting during the French Cup under-17 final between Cholet and Chalon-sur-Saone in Paris. Most NBA fans are just now learning the name Killian Hayes. The 19-year-old French-American point guard will likely be a top 5 pick in Wednesday night’s draft. The shifty 6-foot-5 lefty is among several international prospects that will be drafted, including Deni Avdija, Israel; Théo Maledon, France; Leandro Bolmaro, Argentina; and Aleksej Pokusevski, Serbia. (AP Photo, File)

Hayes, Avdija top list of international NBA draft prospects

By KEN MAGUIRE - Associated Press

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, center, and his wife Susan, right, embrace U.S. Ambassador to France Jamie McCourt, left, after stepping off a plane at Paris Le Bourget Airport, Saturday, Nov. 14, 2020, in Le Bourget, France. Pompeo is beginning a 10-day trip to Europe and the Middle East. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, Pool)

US sec’y of state begins difficult 7-nation tour in France

By ELAINE GANLEY - Associated Press

The portraits of, from the left, victims Nadine Devillers, Vincent Loques and Brazil's Simone Barreto Silva. Are pictured in Nice, southern France, Saturday Nov. 7, 2020, during a ceremony in homage to the three victims of an attack at Notre-Dame de Nice Basilica on October 29, 2020. Three people were killed in an Islamic extremist attack at Notre Dame Basilica in the city of Nice that pushed the country into high security alert. (Valery Hache; Pool via AP)

Suspected French church attacker carried killer’s photo

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European Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson speaks during a media conference after a meeting of EU interior ministers at the European Council building in Brussels, Friday, Nov. 13, 2020. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, Pool)

Attacks spur EU to tighten borders, boost policy agency

By LORNE COOK - Associated Press

Saint-Denis Mayor Mathieu Hanotin, left, and French Prime Minister Jean Castex participate in a wreath-laying ceremony, marking the 5th anniversary of the Nov. 13, 2015, attacks outside the stadium Stade de France in Saint Denis, near Paris, Friday, Nov. 13, 2020. In silence and mourning, France is marking five years since 130 people were killed by Islamic State extremists who targeted the Bataclan concert hall, Paris cafes and the national stadium. (Christophe Archambault/Pool Photo via AP)

France marks 5 years since deadly attacks on Bataclan, cafes

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For WWII veteran, medals mark a measure of survival

By NICK PAPPAS - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct.29, 2020 file photo, former French President Nicolas Sarkozy attends a ceremony in Nice, southern France. Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy wants authorities to drop an investigation into alleged illegal financing of his 2007 campaign by the regime of late Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi. A French-Lebanese businessman this week backtracked on claims he made in 2016 that he had handed Sarkozy suitcases of Libyan cash (Valery Hache; Pool via AP, File)

France’s Sarkozy seeks closure of Libyan corruption case

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Passers by and enthusiasts listen to French tenor singer Stephane Senechal singing at dusk, the U.S. national anthem and Tosca of Puccini, from his apartment window during the monthlong partial lockdown to stop fast-rising virus hospitalizations and deaths, in Paris, Monday, Nov. 09, 2020. With more than 1.8 million infections since the start of the health crisis, France has Europe's highest cumulative total of recorded cases and the fourth-highest worldwide. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

Aid group helping French nursing homes as virus deaths jump

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This photo provided by the Bremaud family shows the Resistance card of Marcel Pinte. Quinquin, his code name, followed orders, crossing enemy lines to pass messages if needed. In the end he was killed by friendly fire, at the age of 6, likely France's youngest member of the Resistance fighting occupying Nazis during World War II. Marcel Pinte is among the fallen being honored Wednesday, when France commemorates the Nov. 11, 1918 armistice ending World War I and pays homage to all those who have died for the nation. (Courtesy of the Bremaud family via AP)

6-year-old WWII French Resistance agent honored at long last

By ELAINE GANLEY - Associated Press

Finland's Onni Valakari, second right, is congratulated by teammates after scoring the team's second goal during the international friendly soccer match between France and Sweden at the Stade de France stadium in Saint-Denis, outside Paris, Wednesday Nov.11, 2020. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

France wastes chances in 2-0 loss to Finland in friendly

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Illustration on Islamist terror in France by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

The death threat to free speech in France

By Clifford D. May

A resident of a nursing home is being tested with a PCR test in Ammerschwihr, eastern France, Monday, Nov.9, 2020. The antigen tests can give results in 15-30 minutes, and if they turn out positive, the patient is sent for a PCR test to confirm the result. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias)

Europe hunkers down but also notes wins against virus surge

By BARRY HATTON and JUSTIN SPIKE and JOHN LEICESTER - Associated Press