France

France Far Right’s Rise
A couple watch bikers riding near Henin-Beaumont, northern France, Sunday, June 30, 2024. Several waves of industrial shutdowns have left unemployment levels above the national average, and 60% of the population earns so little it does not need to pay tax, according to data from France's national statistics agency.(AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Elections

Le Pen first had success in an ex-mining town. Her message there is now winning over French society

JULY 2, 2024

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This combination photo shows, from top left, clockwise, the scaffolding around the Notre Dame de Paris cathedral spire being removed from Jan. 24, 2024 to March 6, 2024. Scaffolding has enshrouded Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris since a 2019 fire destroyed its spire and roof and threatened to collapse the whole medieval structure. After an unprecedented international reconstruction effort, the scaffolding is at last starting to peel away. AP PHOTO / ALEXANDER TURNBULL

France

AP timelapse of newly built spire on Notre Dame Cathedral tops online views

MARCH 29, 2024

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Afghan migrant Ali Rezaie looks at a map on his phone as he and Sayed Hamza trek through the French-Italian Alps to reach a migrant refuge in Briancon, France, Dec. 12, 2021. When the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan in August, some Afghans resolved to escape and embarked on forbidding journeys of thousands of kilometers to Europe. Like others, Rezaie’s odyssey through five countries carried him high into the French-Italian Alps, where he was pushing through knee-deep snow to evade border guards. (AP Photo / Daniel Cole)

Afghanistan

Only on AP: Exclusive coverage as Afghan migrants trek across Alps in winter

DEC. 31, 2021

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Coronavirus

With extraordinary access to a psychiatric unit, AP reveals pandemic’s toll on children’s mental health

MARCH 19, 2021

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Coronavirus

As cases peak, AP duo embeds in a French ICU for a 24-hours in the battle against COVID-19

NOV. 30, 2020

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Activism

As women take to the streets, an in-depth look at domestic violence in France

DEC. 2, 2019

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75th anniversary

Rich, compelling coverage of D-Day 75 years on, an all-formats collaboration across 2 continents

JUNE 7, 2019

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Actors

AP photo team scores with a fresh approach to annual Cannes festival coverage

MAY 31, 2019

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Fatalities

AP first with exclusive video and photos of Strasbourg Christmas market attacker

DEC. 21, 2018

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In a still photo from UGC video licensed by AP, people run from the Notre Dame Cathedral after a man wielding a hammer attacked police, shouting "This is for Syria," June 6, 2017 in Paris. (Photo from Lawrence Langner video)

France

Video storytelling exclusives: Paris terror attack and Philippines militant plot

JUNE 16, 2017

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