Supporters of French far-right leader Marine Le Pen react after vote projections in select constituencies, Sunday, in Henin-Beaumont, northern France. French voters propelled the far-right National Rally to a strong lead in first-round legislative elections Sunday and plunged the country into political uncertainty. Thibault Camus/AP hide caption
Posters with images or names of local candidates for the first round of the 2024 French legislative elections displayed in front of the local town hall in Port-en-Bessin-Huppain, Normandy, France, on June 25. France will hold an early legislative election in two rounds, on June 30 and July 7. Artur Widak/NurPhoto/Reuters hide caption
Bicycles burn during a protest outside the Paris City Hall on Friday, the day France's Constitutional Council approved an unpopular plan to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64. Michel Euler/AP hide caption
A Ukrainian MSLR BM-21 "Grad" fires toward Russian positions in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine, April 8. Evgeniy Maloletka/AP hide caption
Protesters march with flares during a demonstration in Marseille, southern France, on Tuesday. France's government is unfurling massively ramped-up security measures for a fresh blast of marches and strikes against unpopular pension reforms. Daniel Cole/AP hide caption
A protester holds a placard that reads, "destitution of the cursed poet " during a rally in Paris on Thursday. French unions held their first mass demonstrations Thursday since President Emmanuel Macron enflamed public anger by forcing a higher retirement age through parliament without a vote. Aurelien Morissard/AP hide caption
A protester chants slogans during a protest in Paris, Monday, March 20, 2023. The French government has survived two no-confidence votes in the lower chamber of parliament, proposed by lawmakers who objected to its push to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64. Lewis Joly/AP hide caption
Students shout slogans during a demonstration against the government's plan to raise the retirement age to 64 in Paris on Thursday. French President Emmanuel Macron has shunned parliament and opted to push through a highly unpopular bill that would raise the retirement age from 62 to 64 by triggering a special constitutional power. Lewis Joly/AP hide caption
Svitlana (center) and Anastasiya (bottom) take shelter with their McDonald's coworkers in Lva Tolstoho Metro during an air alert in Kyiv on Monday. Russia renewed its missile attacks across Ukraine on Monday. Pete Kiehart for NPR hide caption
Yaël Braun-Pivet, a member of the centrist alliance Ensemble (Together) smiles at the National Assembly, Tuesday, June 28, 2022 in Paris. Michel Euler/AP hide caption
Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi (left), German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (second left), Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (center), French President Emmanuel Macron (second right), and Romanian President Klaus Iohannis meet at the Ukrainian presidential compound Thursday in a collective show of European support for Ukraine in its war against Russia. Ludovic Marin/AP hide caption
Young women eat lunch in the Tuileries Garden in Paris in January 1929. Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images hide caption
A wide gulf exists between the policies of French President Emmanuel Macron and far-right candidate Marine Le Pen. The two face off Sunday, in the second round of France's national election. Ludovic Marin/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
In this photo taken from video provided by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service, a Russian armored vehicle drives off a railway platform after arrival in Belarus, Jan. 19, 2021. An estimated 100,000 Russian troops near Ukraine has fueled Western fears of an invasion, but Moscow has denied having plans to launch an attack while demanding security guarantees from the the U.S. and its allies. Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP hide caption
President Biden poses for a selfie with first responders who joined world leaders Saturday for the traditional family photo at the G-20 summit in Rome. Gregorio Borgia/AP hide caption
French President Emmanuel Macron will isolate himself for seven days after testing positive for the coronavirus. Yoan Valat/AP hide caption
World leaders pledged $298 million to assist Lebanon in the aftermath of last week's catastrophic blast during a virtual summit on Sunday. French President Emmanuel Macron organized the virtual summit. Christophe Simon/AP hide caption
A box hangs from a crane at Notre Dame cathedral on Monday. Officials said they hope to hold Mass in the cathedral by 2024, when the city is set to host the Olympic games. Thibault Camus/AP hide caption
French President Emmanuel Macron attends a video conference call with French virologist Françoise Barré-Sinoussi on efforts to develop a vaccine and treatment against the new coronavirus, at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Thursday. Yoan Valat/AP hide caption
Spectators watch cyclists compete in the fourth stage of the Tour de France in eastern France last July. Organizers say the 2020 race will begin in late August. Anne-Christine Poujoulat/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Protestors chant and sing against President Emmanuel Macron during a rally in Paris as thousands take to the streets to protest against pension reform on Tuesday. Kiran Ridley/Getty Images hide caption
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, French President Emmanuel Macron and Russian President Vladimir Putin arrive for a meeting on Ukraine with German Chancellor at the Elysee Palace on Monday in Paris. Alexey Nikolsky/SPUTNIK/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
The Gare de Lyon railway station in Paris, typically brimming with busy travelers, stands empty Friday as general strikes snarled transportation across France for a second day. Rafael Yaghobzadeh/AP hide caption
President Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron aired their differences on the sidelines of a NATO leaders' summit in London. Ludovic Marin/AFP via Getty Images hide caption