The Eiffel Tower reopened on Friday after an eight-month shutdown because of the COVID-19 pandemic, its longest closure since World War II.
As a countdown clock at the foot of the tower turned to zero, there were cheers and applause from visitors queuing to get in, a brass band started playing and people starting filing through the entrance.
"We feel pretty lucky to be here," said Patrick Perutka, an 18-year-old from Croatia who had been waiting for three hours for the gates to open.
He was on his first visit to the Eiffel Tower. "It's a big deal," he said of the tower.
Because of lingering concerns about the virus, masks remain compulsory for anyone over 11 years of age, and each elevator car will only carry half the normal number of visitors.
From July 21, visitors will need to show a French government "health pass" to demonstrate they are either vaccinated or have had a recent negative test for COVID-19.
Israeli forces pounded the suburbs of Gaza City overnight from the air and ground, destroying homes and driving more families out of the area as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's security cabinet was set on Sunday to discuss a plan to seize the city.
Russian drone attacks on power facilities in northern and southern Ukraine overnight left nearly 60,000 customers without electricity, with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy vowing to retaliate by ordering more strikes deep inside Russia.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he was committed to improving ties with Beijing in a key meeting with China's President Xi Jinping on Sunday, as both countries resolved to put aside differences from a years-long border standoff.
The prime minister of Yemen's Houthi-run government and several other ministers were killed in an Israeli strike on the capital Sanaa, the head of the Houthi Supreme Political Council said on Saturday, in the first such attack to kill senior officials.
A divided US appeals court ruled on Friday that most of Donald Trump's tariffs are illegal, undercutting the Republican president's use of the levies as a key international economic policy tool.
The United States said on Friday it will not allow Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to travel to New York next month for a United Nations gathering of world leaders, where several US allies are set to recognise Palestine as a state.
Two dead storks at Delhi Zoo have tested positive for the highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu virus, prompting authorities to shut the facility from Saturday, the Times of India reported.
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Israel says Hamas armed wing spokesperson killed in Gaza
Israel pounds Gaza, Netanyahu to convene security cabinet
Ukraine vows to retaliate after Russian attacks on power sector
India committed to improving ties with China, Modi tells Xi
Houthis vow revenge after Yemen's PM killed in Israeli strike
Most Trump tariffs are not legal, US appeals court rules
US bars Palestinian leader Abbas from UN as allies pledge statehood
India's Delhi zoo shut after positive bird flu tests from two storks
