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Tourists take pictures in front of the Pyramide in the Louvre Museum courtyard, in Paris, France, Monday, June 20, 2022. Tourism came back with a vengeance to France this summer, sending revenues over pre-pandemic levels, according to preliminary government estimates released this week. Crowds packed Paris landmarks and Riviera beaches, notably thanks to an influx of Americans benefiting from the weak euro, but also British and other European visitors reveling in the end of pandemic restrictions. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, File)

French tourism better than pre-COVID, despite climate woes

By Jade Le Deley and Nicolas Garriga - Associated Press

Britain's Diana, Princess of Wales walks on the quay of the residence of Mohamed Al Fayed, in Saint Tropez, French Riviera, Sunday July 20, 1997. It has been nearly 25 years since Princess Diana died in a high-speed car crash in Paris. The French doctor who treated her at the scene has recounted what happened. Dr. Frederic Mailliez told The Associated Press how he tried to save her on that night of Aug. 31, 1997. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau, File)

Diana’s last moments: French medic recalls ‘tragic night’

By Jade Le Deley - Associated Press

Workers adjust a big frontpage of a New Yorker issue before Jean-Jacques Sempe's funeral ceremony at the Saint-Germain-des-Pres church in Paris, Friday, Aug.19, 2022. Cartoonist Jean-Jacques Sempe, whose simple line drawings captured French life and won international acclaim on the covers of New Yorker magazine, has died on Aug.11, 2022. He was 89. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard)

France pays homage to beloved New Yorker cartoonist Sempe

By Jade Le Deley - Associated Press

A worker inspects machines at part of Fraicheur de Paris' underground cooling system, in Paris, Tuesday, July 26, 2022. The system, which uses electricity generated by renewable sources, is the largest in Europe and goes unnoticed above ground. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly)

Why Louvre’s Mona Lisa keeps a smile: Paris’ cooling system

By Thomas Adamson and Nico Garriga - Associated Press

Soldiers of Bulgaria stand on the Champs Elysees avenue during a rehearsal for the Bastille Day parade in Paris, France, Monday, July 11, 2022. Paris is preparing for a big Bastille Day parade later this week, a military show on the Champs-Elysees avenue that this year will honor war-torn Ukraine and include troops from countries on NATO's eastern flank: Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, Romania, Bulgaria, Czechia, Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Ukraine plays special role in France’s Bastille Day parade

By Jade Le Deley - Associated Press

French Health Minister Simone Veil speaks about abortion law at the French National Assembly on Dec. 13, 1974 in Paris. Abortion was decriminalized under a 1975 law named for Simone Veil, a prominent legislator, former health minister and key feminist figure who championed it. The right to abortion in France has been inscribed in law for 47 years and enjoys broad support across the political spectrum. But more and more French women are asking: Could what happened in the U.S. happen here one day? (AP Photo/Eustache Cardenas, File)

French women push to cement abortion rights after US ruling

By Barbara Surk and Jade Le Deley - Associated Press

Unionists strikers demonstrate outside a terminal Friday, July 1, 2022 at Roissy airport, north of Paris. Flights from Roissy-Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris and other French airports faced disruptions Friday as airport workers held a strike and protests to demand salary hikes to keep up with inflation. It's the latest trouble to hit global airports this summer, as travel resurges after two years of virus restrictions. (AP Photo/ Thomas Padilla)

French airport workers strike for higher pay amid inflation

By Oleg Cetinic and Boubkar Benzebat - Associated Press

A woman is evacuated from the Bataclan concert hall after a shooting on Nov. 13, 2015 in Paris. The historic trial in Paris of 20 men suspected of critical roles in the Islamic State massacres that killed 130 people in 2015 has ended this week with verdicts against the defendants in France's worst peacetime attack expected on Wednesday June 29. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)

Lone surviving attacker in Paris massacre guilty of murder

By Nicolas Vaux-Montagny and Barbara Surk - Associated Press

Models wear creations as part of the Hermes men's Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Paris, France, Saturday, June 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

Loewe presents a dystopian future at Paris Fashion Week

By Thomas Adamson - Associated Press

A model wears a creation as part of the Paul Smith men's Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Paris, France, Friday, June 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

Stars turn out for Dior’s 19,000 blooms at Paris show

By Thomas Adamson - Associated Press

In this Feb. 10, 2021, file photo, Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., walks at the Capitol, in Washington.

Swalwell drops 60K of campaign cash on travel, including luxury stays in Paris, Miami

By Mica Soellner - The Washington Times

Spain's Rafael Nadal bites the cup after defeating Norway's Casper Ruud in their final match of the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium Sunday, June 5, 2022 in Paris. Nadal won 6-3, 6-3, 6-0. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Nadal wins 14th French Open title, but foot injury leaves future uncertain

By Howard Fendrich - Associated Press

Poland's Iga Swiatek plays a shot against Coco Gauff of the U.S. during the final match at the French Open tennis tournament in Roland Garros stadium in Paris, France, Saturday, June 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

Swiatek beats Gauff to win 2nd French Open title

By Howard Fendrich - Associated Press

Coco Gauff of the U.S. reacts as she defeats Italy's Martina Trevisan during their semifinal match of the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium Thursday, June 2, 2022 in Paris. Gauff won 6-3, 6-1. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Old-soul teen Coco Gauff advances to first Grand Slam final, calls for peace

By Howard Fendrich - Associated Press

Spain's Rafael Nadal clenches his fist after scoring a point against Serbia's Novak Djokovic during their quarterfinal match at the French Open tennis tournament in Roland Garros stadium in Paris, France, Tuesday, May 31, 2022. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Nadal tops Djokovic in quarterfinal thriller at French Open

By Howard Fendrich - Associated Press

France's Leolla Jeanjean plays a shot against Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic during their second round match at the French Open tennis tournament in Roland Garros stadium in Paris, France, Thursday, May 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Long shots grab French Open spotlight amid top 10 upsets

By Howard Fendrich - Associated Press

FILE - Security guards are shown at the gate in front of Centre Court at the All England Lawn Tennis Club, after the 2020 tennis championships were canceled due to the coronavirus, in Wimbledon, London, Monday, June 29, 2020. The ATP men’s professional tennis tour will not award ranking points for Wimbledon this year because of the All England Club’s ban on players from Russia and Belarus over the invasion of Ukraine. The ATP announced its decision Friday night, May 20, 2022, two days before the start of the French Open — and a little more than a month before play begins at Wimbledon on June 27. It is a highly unusual and significant rebuke of the oldest Grand Slam tournament. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)

Wimbledon’s Russia ban prompts tours to cut ranking points

By Howard Fendrich - Associated Press

Ukrainian tennis player Elena Svitolina speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Paris, Wednesday, May 11, 2022. In an emotional interview with The Associated Press Ukrainian tennis player Elena Svitolina saying Russian and Belorussian players should speak up about whether they are against the war and Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and no longer stay silent. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

Svitolina: Russian, Belorussian players must speak about war

By Jerome Pugmire - Associated Press

French President Emmanuel Macron celebrates with his supporters in Paris, France, Sunday, April 24, 2022. French President Emmanuel Macron's reelection has bolstered his standing as a senior player in Europe. Macron is now expected to push for strengthening the 27-nation bloc and throw all his weight behind efforts to end the war in Ukraine. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File)

Reelection bolsters France’s Macron as powerful player in EU

By Sylvie Corbet - Associated Press

FILE- French presidential election candidate for the far-right Front National party, Marine Le Pen, left, and French presidential election candidate for the En Marche ! movement, Emmanuel Macron, pose prior to the start of a live broadcast face-to-face televised debate in La Plaine-Saint-Denis, north of Paris, May 3, 2017. It's meant to be the climax of France's presidential campaign. Centrist French President Emmanuel Macron and far-right contender Marine Le Pen are facing each other Wednesday April 20, 2022 evening in a one-on-one televised debate that promises to be challenging for both of them _ and may be decisive ahead of Sunday's runoff vote. (Eric Feferberg/Pool Photo via AP, file)

France’s presidential rivals: Key moments, private lives

By Sylvie Corbet and Elaine Ganley - Associated Press