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Paris

Climate science and solutions
Amid rising heat, Paris expands a network of pipes to keep cool
4:25
DW
A bizarre crimewave is taking place in the French capital
4:44
Transportation
Paris votes to make 500 more streets car free 
4:17
Summer Olympics 2024
Paralympian Oksana Masters says she represents both the US and Ukraine as she competes in Paris
3:08
Summer Olympics 2024
‘I’m not finished’: Badminton’s Beiwen Zhang wants gold in the final Olympics of her decadeslong career
4:24
Summer Olympics 2024
France sets its sights on the gold medal in blind football at the Paris Paralympics 
4:13
Summer Olympics 2024
Russian athletes deemed ‘neutral’ for Paris Summer Olympic Games
6:59
Lifestyle & Belief
Capitalists Anonymous: Weary French seek help in buying and polluting less
4:08
A view of Paris, France, with the iconic Eiffel Tower in the distance.
Women & Gender
20 years after France’s hijab ban, the issue remains divisive
6:29
Summer Olympics 2024
This Paris suburb gets a facelift amid controversy ahead of the 2024 Olympic Games
7:14
"Les Princes de la Ville" by 113, a French rap group.
Planet Hip Hop
Planet Hip Hop: How French rappers continue to raise their voices for justice and identity
Cité Internationale Universitaire campus in Paris, France.
The World's Global Classroom
How the Bologna Process expanded opportunities for students across Europe
paintings on the wall
Russian artists in exile create new identity and work 
A masked couple ride an electric scooter by the Invalides memorial, in Paris, Sunday, Oct. 25, 2020.
Lifestyle
Paris considers ban on e-scooters over safety concerns
A Virgin Mary statue in a public square in France
Sacred Nation
The state of religion in France
French President Emmanuel Macron celebrates with supporters in front of the Eiffel Tower Paris, France
Elections
To Europe’s relief, France’s Macron wins, but far-right gains
Plastic pollution has become a major concern in Ghana.
Environment
Ghana’s fishermen are drowning in plastic. The govt is trying to tackle pollution before it’s too late.
World champion ice dancers Christopher Dean and Jayne Torvill of Great Britain are shown during their first workout, a few hours after they arrived for the Winter Olympic Games in Sarajevo
Music
Maurice Ravel’s ‘Boléro’ makes a comeback at Beijing Winter Olympics
Alexandre de Fages de Latour and his son, Raphael, 10, are pictured near the Seine in Paris, where they fish out treasures — and junk.
Meet the 11-year-old on a mission to clean up the Seine
Mohamed Mbougar Sarr on a TV show after winning the Prix Goncourt.
Senegalese novelist Mohamed Mbougar Sarr’s win is a landmark for African literature
Climate activist Greta Thunberg, center, demonstrates with others in front of the Standard and Chartered Bank during a climate protest in London, Oct. 29, 2021. People were protesting in London ahead of the 26th UN Climate Change Conference (COP26), which
Climate Change
Why COP26 is the ‘last, best hope’ for fighting climate change 
Sylvia Whitman, proprietor of the English and American literature Shakespeare and Co. bookstore, checks her messages on her phone in Paris, France, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2020.
Books
A new law in France aims to protect indie bookshops against outsized Amazon competition
Pascal Danaë and his blues-rock trio, Delgrés band.
Music
Delgrès founder pays tribute to his family’s Guadeloupean roots through music
A training session via France's Office of Immigration and Integration.
Immigration
In France, intensive crash courses for immigrants on French values leave many feeling like outsiders
A close up photograph of French former president Nicolas Sarkozy who is wearing a scarf.
Justice
Sarkozy convicted by French court in campaign financing case
A man is shown hugging a woman who is looking into the camera with empty stadium seats in the distance.
Extremism
Post-9/11, Europe’s weak spots make it a target for extremists
Two women are shown hugging each other with the entrance and red-lettered sign of the Bataclan concert hall in the background.
Justice
Emotions raw before Paris trial for ISIS carnage
A group of 40 men of all ages wear a mix of white and blue judogis — the traditional judo uniform. Most are black belts.
Tokyo Olympics
France loves judo: How the French team won the Olympic gold
A man victoriously holds up a piece of paper and smiles as other people around him also smile
The Big Fix
Climate activists get more strategic with their use of the courts
Blue, white and red French flag fleets in Nice, southeastern France, Tuesday, March 19, 2013.
Global Politics
France’s far-right leverages generals’ warning of ‘civil war’ ahead of elections
An arm with an orange band with black letters spelling out "Police"
Police
‘Our phones are our only weapon’: French citizens demand police reform to address racism
Restaurant workers clean the awning of a restaurant near Chateau de Vincennes.
COVID-19
The return of la terrasse in Paris — and a sense of normalcy
Protesters carry a banner with Sarah Halimi's face and name printed on it in a protest over a court's decision not to try her killer.
Protest
A French court won’t try the killer of a Jewish doctor. Thousands are protesting.
Up-close photo of the golden chest featured in the treasure hunt, “The Golden Treasure of the Entente Cordiale."
Arts, Culture & Media
Treasure hunts — they’re not just for pirates
A stadium is set up as a vaccination drive site in France.
Health & Medicine
French citizens can choose a preferred jab. Some say ‘vaccine shopping’ leads to waste.
People gather in front of a theater for an outdoor performance.
COVID-19
In France, artists occupy theaters with a strong message: ‘Reopen culture’ 
Student activists carry posters and shout slogans as they participate in a protest march against climate change in Delhi, India, March 19, 2021.
The Big Fix
Author Kim Nicholas on the five stages of ‘radical climate acceptance’
French President Emmanuel Macron is shown wearing a dark suit and white face mask while flanked by other officials.
COVID-19
France announces new virus restrictions in Paris region
French President Emmanuel Macron is shown standing next to French historian Benjamin Stora, both men wearing dark jackets and Macron holding a white paper.
Conflict & Justice
Macron reveals more torture by French army in Algeria war
A doctor gives a patient the coronavirus vaccine in his office.
COVID-19
France launches citizens’ collective to tackle widespread vaccine hesitancy
A man rides a bike by a slogan pasted on a wall reading "Avoid a rape trial: Become chief of police," in Paris, Saturday, July 11, 2020.
#MeToo
France’s 2nd #MeToo movement reckons with incest, child rape 
A person walks past a closed restaurant in Paris wearing a face mask.
COVID-19
Happy hour canceled in France under strict coronavirus curfew
French Prime Minister Manuel Valls, left, and French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve, center, award citizenship to Lassana Bathily during a ceremony in Paris, Jan. 20, 2015.
Sacred Nation
A ‘hero’ of 2015 France terror attacks reflects on trial verdict
French President Emmanuel Macron is shown wearing a face mask and dark suit while standing outside.
COVID-19
French President Macron tests positive for COVID-19
In a photograph taken in the dark, three glasses with candles glowing inside are shown with the phrase 'Je Suis Charlie' printed on it.
Justice
ISIS widow convicted in Charlie Hebdo attacks
A woman playin cello appears in an empty museum hall.
Coronavirus Art
‘Food for our soul’: Cellist Camille Thomas performs solo at Paris museums during lockdown
The bust of French statesman Robert Schuman, one of the founders of the European Union, is seen while environmental activists launch a hot air balloon during a demonstration outside of an EU summit in Brussels, Belgium, Dec. 10, 2020.
Climate Change
5 years into Paris agreement, net-zero pledges are boosting optimism
Rows of tall storage columns are show in a UNICEF warehouse.
Top of The World
Cyberespionage hits the vaccine refrigeration process; Iran moves to expand uranium enrichment; US tightens visa rules for Chinese Communist Party
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy arrives at the courtroom Monday, Nov. 30, 2020, in Paris.
Justice
France’s former ‘Bling-Bling President’ Sarkozy in court on corruption charges
French President Emmanuel Macron stands at a podium with French flag behind him.
Sacred Nation
French Muslims worry ‘separatism law’ may create more division
In this file photo, then-Vice President Joe Biden speaks at the closing session of the US-China Climate Leaders Summit in Los Angeles, California, Sept. 16, 2015.
Climate Change
Paris agreement gets ‘new lease on life’ under Biden, climate advocates say
A person holds up a "Je Suis Charlie" ("I am Charlie") sign during a ceremony at Place de la Republique square to pay tribute to the victims of the 2015 shooting at the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, in Paris, France, Jan. 10, 2016. 
Extremism
Does the spirit of ‘Je Suis Charlie’ endure in France today?
A group of police officers are shown carrying large weapons and wearing face masks while walking down the middle of a street.
Anti-terrorism police investigating knife attack in Paris
James Smurthwaite stands next to the obituary sign he made to honor his late neighbor Eugene Deutsch. 
A Paris neighborhood honors 92-year-old Holocaust survivor who died after COVID-19 bout
Gandega Bakary, 16, who is originally from Mali, has been living on the street in France, even amid the coronavirus lockdown.
Migration
Who is responsible for migrant youth in France? 
A man is shown from behind sitting at Notre Dame's organ with five rows of keys.
Culture
Notre Dame Cathedral’s organ getting 4-year-long cleaning
A person holds a replica of a burning globe in the air with fake flames coming out of it.
The Big Fix
‘The mother of all injustices is climate change,’ says former diplomat and climate change leader
A sign reads "no sex" in the red-light district in Amsterdam.
Jobs
Sex workers in Europe struggle to survive as clubs slowly reopen
An aerial view shows the deserted Eiffel tower in Paris during a lockdown imposed to slow the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in France, April 1, 2020.
Elections
Despite ‘green wave,’ France still behind on anti-racist, anti-colonial progress, researcher says
Medici Fountain, Luxembourg Gardens
Books
This writer is grappling with the paradox of public parks in Paris