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French gendarmes stand near VBP armoured vehicle as they secure the Atlantic port of La Rochelle western France on July 20, 2024, before the start of a demonstration against the construction of giant water reservoirs (mega-bassines). After an abortive demonstration in a burning field near Poitiers on July 19, several thousand opponents the construction of giant water reservoirs (mega-bassines) are heading for the port of La Rochelle on July 20, where they intend to blockade it ‘symbolically’ to denounce the practices of the agro-industry. (Photo by Philippe LOPEZ / AFP)
French gendarmes stand near VBP armoured vehicle as they secure the Atlantic port of La Rochelle western France on July 20, 2024, before the start of a demonstration against the construction of giant water reservoirs (mega-bassines). After an abortive demonstration in a burning field near Poitiers on July 19, several thousand opponents the construction of giant water reservoirs (mega-bassines) are heading for the port of La Rochelle on July 20, where they intend to blockade it ‘symbolically’ to denounce the practices of the agro-industry. (Photo by Philippe LOPEZ / AFP)
French gendarmes secure the Atlantic port of La Rochelle western France on July 20, 2024, before the start of a demonstration against the construction of giant water reservoirs (mega-bassines). After an abortive demonstration in a burning field near Poitiers on July 19, several thousand opponents the construction of giant water reservoirs (mega-bassines) are heading for the port of La Rochelle on July 20, where they intend to blockade it ‘symbolically’ to denounce the practices of the agro-industry. (Photo by Philippe LOPEZ / AFP)
Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides (L) stands next to the widow of a soldier killed in the 1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus at the Tymvos Makedonitissas military cemetery in Nicosia on July 20, 2024. Sirens pierced the pre-dawn quiet in Cyprus on July 20 to mark 50 years since Turkish troops landed on the Mediterranean island in an invasion that has left it divided to this day. (Photo by Iakovos HATZISTAVROU / AFP)
Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides (C) takes part in a ceremony held in memory of soldiers killed in the 1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus at the Tymvos Makedonitissas military cemetery in Nicosia on July 20, 2024. Sirens pierced the pre-dawn quiet in Cyprus on July 20 to mark 50 years since Turkish troops landed on the Mediterranean island in an invasion that has left it divided to this day. (Photo by Iakovos HATZISTAVROU / AFP)
Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides (R) to the widow of a soldier killed in the 1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus at the Tymvos Makedonitissas military cemetery in Nicosia on July 20, 2024. Sirens pierced the pre-dawn quiet in Cyprus on July 20 to mark 50 years since Turkish troops landed on the Mediterranean island in an invasion that has left it divided to this day. (Photo by Iakovos HATZISTAVROU / AFP)
The Archpishop of Cyprus Georgios Papachrysostomou (C) celebrates a mass during a ceremony in memory of soldiers killed in the 1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus at the Tymvos Makedonitissas military cemetery in Nicosia on July 20, 2024. Sirens pierced the pre-dawn quiet in Cyprus on July 20 to mark 50 years since Turkish troops landed on the Mediterranean island in an invasion that has left it divided to this day. (Photo by Iakovos HATZISTAVROU / AFP)
Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides (R) bows in front of a monument erected in memory of soldiers killed in the 1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus at the Tymvos Makedonitissas military cemetery in Nicosia on July 20, 2024. Sirens pierced the pre-dawn quiet in Cyprus on July 20 to mark 50 years since Turkish troops landed on the Mediterranean island in an invasion that has left it divided to this day. (Photo by Iakovos HATZISTAVROU / AFP)
Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides (C) stands in front of a monument erected in memory of soldiers killed in the 1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus at the Tymvos Makedonitissas military cemetery in Nicosia on July 20, 2024. Sirens pierced the pre-dawn quiet in Cyprus on July 20 to mark 50 years since Turkish troops landed on the Mediterranean island in an invasion that has left it divided to this day. (Photo by Iakovos HATZISTAVROU / AFP)
Cypriot scouts take part in a ceremony in memory of soldiers killed in the 1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus at the Tymvos Makedonitissas military cemetery in Nicosia on July 20, 2024. Sirens pierced the pre-dawn quiet in Cyprus on July 20 to mark 50 years since Turkish troops landed on the Mediterranean island in an invasion that has left it divided to this day. (Photo by Iakovos HATZISTAVROU / AFP)
Australia's Nick Frost (L) and Rob Valetini tackle Georgia's Aleksandre Kuntelia (C) during rugby union Test match between Australia and Georgia at Allianz Stadium in Sydney on July 20, 2024. (Photo by Saeed KHAN / AFP) / -- IMAGE RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - STRICTLY NO COMMERCIAL USE --
This photograph shows detail of the Olympic torch of the London 1948 Olympic Games, which former Republican Guard runner 99 year-old Daniel Rebiffe poses with in Amboise, central France on June 11, 2024. Rebiffe who was born in June 1925, and carried the torch in July 1948 for the London Olympic Games between Geneva and Luxembourg for some 521 kms, will reprise his role for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games on July 22, 2024 in Etampes. (Photo by Guillaume SOUVANT / AFP)
Former Republican Guard runner 99 year-old Daniel Rebiffe poses with the Olympic torch of the London 1948 Olympic Games in Amboise, central France on June 11, 2024. Rebiffe who was born in June 1925, and carried the torch in July 1948 for the London Olympic Games between Geneva and Luxembourg for some 521 kms, will reprise his role for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games on July 22, 2024 in Etampes. (Photo by Guillaume SOUVANT / AFP)
Former Republican Guard runner 99 year-old Daniel Rebiffe poses with the Olympic torch of the London 1948 Olympic Games in Amboise, central France on June 11, 2024. Rebiffe who was born in June 1925, and carried the torch in July 1948 for the London Olympic Games between Geneva and Luxembourg for some 521 kms, will reprise his role for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games on July 22, 2024 in Etampes. (Photo by Guillaume SOUVANT / AFP)
Former Republican Guard runner 99 year-old Daniel Rebiffe poses with the Olympic torch of the London 1948 Olympic Games in Amboise, central France on June 11, 2024. Rebiffe who was born in June 1925, and carried the torch in July 1948 for the London Olympic Games between Geneva and Luxembourg for some 521 kms, will reprise his role for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games on July 22, 2024 in Etampes. (Photo by Guillaume SOUVANT / AFP)
Former Republican Guard runner 99 year-old Daniel Rebiffe poses with the Olympic torch of the London 1948 Olympic Games in Amboise, central France on June 11, 2024. Rebiffe who was born in June 1925, and carried the torch in July 1948 for the London Olympic Games between Geneva and Luxembourg for some 521 kms, will reprise his role for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games on July 22, 2024 in Etampes. (Photo by Guillaume SOUVANT / AFP)
Former Republican Guard runner 99 year-old Daniel Rebiffe poses with the Olympic torch of the London 1948 Olympic Games in Amboise, central France on June 11, 2024. Rebiffe who was born in June 1925, and carried the torch in July 1948 for the London Olympic Games between Geneva and Luxembourg for some 521 kms, will reprise his role for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games on July 22, 2024 in Etampes. (Photo by Guillaume SOUVANT / AFP)
(FILES) French-American filmmakers Jules-Clement Naudet (L) and his brother Thomas Gedeon Naudet, pose during a photo session in Paris, on May 30, 2024. See "everything you never see": that's the promise of the behind-the-scenes documentary series on the Paris Olympic Games, directed by Jules and Gedeon Naudet, the first two episodes of which are broadcast on France 2 on July 22. (Photo by JOEL SAGET / AFP)
(FILES) US Representative Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) speaks to protesters in support of gun control at Discovery Green across from the National Rifle Association Annual Meeting at the George R. Brown Convention Center, on May 27, 2022, in Houston, Texas. Former Texas Democratic Representative Sheila Jackson Lee died on July 19. She was 74 years old. (Photo by Patrick T. FALLON / AFP)
(FILES) US Representative Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) arrives for the White House Correspondents' Association dinner at the Washington Hilton in Washington, DC, April 29, 2023. Former Texas Democratic Representative Sheila Jackson Lee died on July 19. She was 74 years old. (Photo by Stefani Reynolds / AFP)
Commuters move along the road as Bangladesh soldiers stand guard following a curfew and the deployment of military forces in Dhaka on July 20, 2024, after days of clashes during protests against government job quotas across the country. Soldiers were out in force on July 20 in cities around Bangladesh after another day of lethal clashes between student protesters and police prompted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to cancel foreign visits. (Photo by Munir UZ ZAMAN / AFP)
Commuters move along the road as Bangladesh soldiers stand guard following a curfew and the deployment of military forces in Dhaka on July 20, 2024, after days of clashes during protests against government job quotas across the country. Soldiers were out in force on July 20 in cities around Bangladesh after another day of lethal clashes between student protesters and police prompted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to cancel foreign visits. (Photo by Munir UZ ZAMAN / AFP)
Bangladesh soldiers stand guard along the street following a curfew and the deployment of military forces in Dhaka on July 20, 2024, after days of clashes during protests against government job quotas across the country. Soldiers were out in force on July 20 in cities around Bangladesh after another day of lethal clashes between student protesters and police prompted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to cancel foreign visits. (Photo by Munir UZ ZAMAN / AFP)
Demonstrators walk in front of French gendarmes on horses, on their way to La Rochelle for a rally against the construction of giant water reservoirs (mega-bassines), in Saint-Martin-les-Melle, central-western France, on July 20, 2024. After an abortive demonstration in a burning field near Poitiers on July 19, several thousand opponents the construction of giant water reservoirs (mega-bassines) are heading for the port of La Rochelle on July 20, where they intend to blockade it ‘symbolically’ to denounce the practices of the agro-industry. (Photo by ROMAIN PERROCHEAU / AFP)
Demonstrators walk in front of French gendarmes on horses, on their way to La Rochelle for a rally against the construction of giant water reservoirs (mega-bassines), in Saint-Martin-les-Melle, central-western France, on July 20, 2024. After an abortive demonstration in a burning field near Poitiers on July 19, several thousand opponents the construction of giant water reservoirs (mega-bassines) are heading for the port of La Rochelle on July 20, where they intend to blockade it ‘symbolically’ to denounce the practices of the agro-industry. (Photo by ROMAIN PERROCHEAU / AFP)
An auto rickshaw driver is being directed by Bangladesh soldiers as they stand guard along the street following a curfew and the deployment of military forces in Dhaka on July 20, 2024, after days of clashes during protests against government job quotas across the country. Soldiers were out in force on July 20 in cities around Bangladesh after another day of lethal clashes between student protesters and police prompted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to cancel foreign visits. (Photo by Munir UZ ZAMAN / AFP)
Bangladesh soldiers stand guard along the road following a curfew and the deployment of military forces in Dhaka on July 20, 2024, after days of clashes during protests against government job quotas across the country. Soldiers were out in force on July 20 in cities around Bangladesh after another day of lethal clashes between student protesters and police prompted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to cancel foreign visits. (Photo by Munir UZ ZAMAN / AFP)
Bangladesh soldiers stand guard along the road following a curfew and the deployment of military forces in Dhaka on July 20, 2024, after days of clashes during protests against government job quotas across the country. Soldiers were out in force on July 20 in cities around Bangladesh after another day of lethal clashes between student protesters and police prompted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to cancel foreign visits. (Photo by Munir UZ ZAMAN / AFP)
Bangladesh soldiers stand guard along the street following a curfew and the deployment of military forces in Dhaka on July 20, 2024, after days of clashes during protests against government job quotas across the country. Soldiers were out in force on July 20 in cities around Bangladesh after another day of lethal clashes between student protesters and police prompted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to cancel foreign visits. (Photo by Munir UZ ZAMAN / AFP)
Bangladesh soldiers stand guard along the road following a curfew and the deployment of military forces in Dhaka on July 20, 2024, after days of clashes during protests against government job quotas across the country. Soldiers were out in force on July 20 in cities around Bangladesh after another day of lethal clashes between student protesters and police prompted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to cancel foreign visits. (Photo by Munir UZ ZAMAN / AFP)
Bangladesh soldiers stand guard along the street following a curfew and the deployment of military forces in Dhaka on July 20, 2024, after days of clashes during protests against government job quotas across the country. Soldiers were out in force on July 20 in cities around Bangladesh after another day of lethal clashes between student protesters and police prompted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to cancel foreign visits. (Photo by Munir UZ ZAMAN / AFP)
Bangladesh soldiers stand guard along the street following a curfew and the deployment of military forces in Dhaka on July 20, 2024, after days of clashes during protests against government job quotas across the country. Soldiers were out in force on July 20 in cities around Bangladesh after another day of lethal clashes between student protesters and police prompted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to cancel foreign visits. (Photo by Munir UZ ZAMAN / AFP)
A person reads news reporting on the death of Nguyen Phu Trong, the general secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam, in Hanoi on July 20, 2024. The general secretary of Vietnam's Communist Party Nguyen Phu Trong -- considered the country's top leader -- died on July 19 aged 80, his party said. (Photo by Nhac NGUYEN / AFP)
Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, Sultan of Brunei Hassanal Bolkiah and Queen of Brunei Pengiran Anak Saleha attend the coronation ceremony of the seventeenth King of Malaysia Sultan Ibrahim (not pictured) at the National Palace in Kuala Lumpur on July 20, 2024. (Photo by HASNOOR HUSSAIN / POOL / AFP)
Passengers wait in long lines to check in, after computer systems outages delayed flights worldwide, at O’Hare International Airport in Chicago, Illinois on July 19, 2024. Airlines, banks, TV channels and other businesses were disrupted worldwide on July 19 following a major computer systems outage linked to an update on an antivirus program. (Photo by Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / AFP)
(FILES) Performers turn around in a flying carousel during the opening ceremony of the XVIth Winter Olympics 08 February 1992 in Alberville. France hosted the Olympic Winter Games in Albertville on February 8, 1992. The opening ceremony, entrusted to French choreographer Philippe Decoufle, revolutionized the exercise, before the eyes of 2 billion television viewers. (Photo by Eric Feferberg / AFP)
(FILES) French actor Jean Dujardin takes part in the opening ceremony ahead of the France 2023 Rugby World Cup Pool A match between France and New Zealand at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, on the outskirts of Paris on September 8, 2023. On September 8, 2023, Oscar-winner French actor Jean Dujardin honors “French art de vivre” in a 1950s-style ceremony that many observers consider to be old-fashioned. (Photo by Franck FIFE / AFP)
(FILES) Dancers perform during the opening ceremony prior to the kick off for the Euro 2016 group A football match between France and Romania at Stade de France, in Saint-Denis, north of Paris, on June 10, 2016. On June 10, 2016, in a French garden setting at the Stade de France, one dancer after another, dressed as candy or lips, armed with fake wooden horses, turned as if on a merry-go-round. Then 150 dancers begin a French cancan. (Photo by PHILIPPE LOPEZ / AFP)
(FILES) A general view shows the opening ceremony prior to the kick off for the Euro 2016 group A football match between France and Romania at Stade de France, in Saint-Denis, north of Paris, on June 10, 2016. On June 10, 2016, in a French garden setting at the Stade de France, one dancer after another, dressed as candy or lips, armed with fake wooden horses, turned as if on a merry-go-round. (Photo by MIGUEL MEDINA / AFP)
(FILES) Performers take part in the opening ceremony of the France 2023 Rugby World Cup ahead of the Pool A match between France and New Zealand at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, on the outskirts of Paris on September 8, 2023. The opening ceremony of the Rugby World Cup in 2023 paid tribute to the “French art of living” in a 1950s-style ceremony that many observers consider old-fashioned. (Photo by MARTIN BUREAU / AFP)
(FILES) Performers take part in the show by choreographer Philippe Decoufle during the opening ceremony of the XVI Winter Olympics Games at Ceremonies stadium 08 February 1992 in Albertville. France hosted the Olympic Winter Games in Albertville on February 8, 1992. The opening ceremony, entrusted to French choreographer Philippe Decoufle, revolutionized the exercise, before the eyes of 2 billion television viewers. (Photo by DAVID AKE / AFP)
(FILES) The Ho giant, symbolizing the Asian continent, crosses the Pont-Neuf in central Paris 09 June, during the 1998 Soccer World Cup Parade. The city hopes the extravanganza will help forget the shambles and embarrassment of the days leading to the Cup, caused by a crippling Air France pilots' strike and a bevy of protests and stoppages involving railway workers, hospital interns, airport baggage-handlers and even the Paris crime squad. The 1998 FIFA World Cup, which ended with a historic victory for France, got off to a bad start. Only 200,000 people, instead of the million expected, took to the streets of the capital to watch the slow procession of four giant 20-metre-high robots. (Photo by Jack GUEZ / AFP)
(FILES) Participants in the opening ceremony of the 1998 Soccer World Cup in the Stade de France in St. Denis, northern Paris 10 June, are lowered and pulled up with wires and display the national flags of the teams who are taking part in the world championchip. (ELECTRONIC IMAGE). During the 1998 World Cup, the opening ceremony at the brand-new Stade de France in Saint-Denis was a joyful, rhythmic spectacle, with colorful acrobats held by ropes tumbling from the roof, each holding at arm's length one of the 32 flags of the participating nations. (Photo by Pedro UGARTE / AFP)
A photo shows a hypoxia room for training athletes at various altitudes for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the CNEA (National Altitude Training Centre) in Font-Romeu, on June 14, 2024. On the edge of the pool at the Font-Romeu training centre, a giant "En route pour Paris 2024" deckchair invites athletes to rest while reminding them of their goal, which they are preparing for at an altitude of 1,850 m in a Pyrenean setting that is still popular, albeit aging. (Photo by Matthieu RONDEL / AFP)
French race walker Aurelien Quinion (R), next to his coach (background), is treated by physiotherapist Maoni Barbieri (L), at the CNEA (National Altitude Training Centre) in preparation for the the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, in Font-Romeu, on June 14, 2024. On the edge of the pool at the Font-Romeu training centre, a giant "En route pour Paris 2024" deckchair invites athletes to rest while reminding them of their goal, which they are preparing for at an altitude of 1,850 m in a Pyrenean setting that is still popular, albeit aging. (Photo by Matthieu RONDEL / AFP)
This photo shows a general view of athletes on tracks at the CNEA (National Altitude Training Centre) in preparation for the the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, in Font-Romeu, on June 14, 2024. On the edge of the pool at the Font-Romeu training centre, a giant "En route pour Paris 2024" deckchair invites athletes to rest while reminding them of their goal, which they are preparing for at an altitude of 1,850 m in a Pyrenean setting that is still popular, albeit aging. (Photo by Matthieu RONDEL / AFP)
French and foreign athletes train for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games on the athletics track with bike at the the CNEA (National Altitude Training Centre) in Font-Romeu, on June 14, 2024. On the edge of the pool at the Font-Romeu training centre, a giant "En route pour Paris 2024" deckchair invites athletes to rest while reminding them of their goal, which they are preparing for at an altitude of 1,850 m in a Pyrenean setting that is still popular, albeit aging. (Photo by Matthieu RONDEL / AFP)
French and foreign athletes train for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games on the athletics track at the the CNEA (National Altitude Training Centre) in Font-Romeu, on June 14, 2024. On the edge of the pool at the Font-Romeu training centre, a giant "En route pour Paris 2024" deckchair invites athletes to rest while reminding them of their goal, which they are preparing for at an altitude of 1,850 m in a Pyrenean setting that is still popular, albeit aging. (Photo by Matthieu RONDEL / AFP)
French and foreign athletes train for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games on the athletics track at the the CNEA (National Altitude Training Centre) in Font-Romeu, on June 14, 2024. On the edge of the pool at the Font-Romeu training centre, a giant "En route pour Paris 2024" deckchair invites athletes to rest while reminding them of their goal, which they are preparing for at an altitude of 1,850 m in a Pyrenean setting that is still popular, albeit aging. (Photo by Matthieu RONDEL / AFP)
French and foreign athletes train for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in the swimming-pool at the CNEA (National Altitude Training Centre) in Font-Romeu, on June 14, 2024. On the edge of the pool at the Font-Romeu training centre, a giant "En route pour Paris 2024" deckchair invites athletes to rest while reminding them of their goal, which they are preparing for at an altitude of 1,850 m in a Pyrenean setting that is still popular, albeit aging. (Photo by Matthieu RONDEL / AFP)
Antoine Le Bellec, director of the CNEA (National Altitude Training Centre) poses in front of the centre where French and foreign athletes train for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, in Font-Romeu, on June 14, 2024. On the edge of the pool at the Font-Romeu training centre, a giant "En route pour Paris 2024" deckchair invites athletes to rest while reminding them of their goal, which they are preparing for at an altitude of 1,850 m in a Pyrenean setting that is still popular, albeit aging. (Photo by Matthieu RONDEL / AFP)
French and foreign athletes train for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in the swimming-pool at the CNEA (National Altitude Training Centre) in Font-Romeu, on June 14, 2024. On the edge of the pool at the Font-Romeu training centre, a giant "En route pour Paris 2024" deckchair invites athletes to rest while reminding them of their goal, which they are preparing for at an altitude of 1,850 m in a Pyrenean setting that is still popular, albeit aging. (Photo by Matthieu RONDEL / AFP)
French and foreign athletes train for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in the swimming-pool at the CNEA (National Altitude Training Centre) in Font-Romeu, on June 14, 2024. On the edge of the pool at the Font-Romeu training centre, a giant "En route pour Paris 2024" deckchair invites athletes to rest while reminding them of their goal, which they are preparing for at an altitude of 1,850 m in a Pyrenean setting that is still popular, albeit aging. (Photo by Matthieu RONDEL / AFP)
Antoine Le Bellec, director of the CNEA (National Altitude Training Centre) poses in front of the centre where French and foreign athletes train for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, in Font-Romeu, on June 14, 2024. On the edge of the pool at the Font-Romeu training centre, a giant "En route pour Paris 2024" deckchair invites athletes to rest while reminding them of their goal, which they are preparing for at an altitude of 1,850 m in a Pyrenean setting that is still popular, albeit aging. (Photo by Matthieu RONDEL / AFP)
Ukrainian athletes walk in a corridor before training for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the CNEA (National Altitude Training Centre) in Font-Romeu, on June 14, 2024. On the edge of the pool at the Font-Romeu training centre, a giant "En route pour Paris 2024" deckchair invites athletes to rest while reminding them of their goal, which they are preparing for at an altitude of 1,850 m in a Pyrenean setting that is still popular, albeit aging. (Photo by Matthieu RONDEL / AFP)
Ukrainian athletes train for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in the swimming-pool at the CNEA (National Altitude Training Centre) in Font-Romeu, on June 14, 2024. On the edge of the pool at the Font-Romeu training centre, a giant "En route pour Paris 2024" deckchair invites athletes to rest while reminding them of their goal, which they are preparing for at an altitude of 1,850 m in a Pyrenean setting that is still popular, albeit aging. (Photo by Matthieu RONDEL / AFP)
This photo shows the entrance of the CNEA (National Altitude Training Centre) where French and foreign athletes train for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, in Font-Romeu, on June 14, 2024. On the edge of the pool at the Font-Romeu training centre, a giant "En route pour Paris 2024" deckchair invites athletes to rest while reminding them of their goal, which they are preparing for at an altitude of 1,850 m in a Pyrenean setting that is still popular, albeit aging. (Photo by Matthieu RONDEL / AFP)
French and foreign athletes train for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in the swimming-pool at the CNEA (National Altitude Training Centre) in Font-Romeu, on June 14, 2024. On the edge of the pool at the Font-Romeu training centre, a giant "En route pour Paris 2024" deckchair invites athletes to rest while reminding them of their goal, which they are preparing for at an altitude of 1,850 m in a Pyrenean setting that is still popular, albeit aging. (Photo by Matthieu RONDEL / AFP)
(FILES) Nigerian singer, songwriter, actress and activist Yemi Alade, poses during a photo session in Paris on July 1, 2024. "I do a lot of things that most of my colleagues won't do": that's how Nigerian singer Yemi Alade, who has been endorsed by Beyonce and has 18 million followers on Instagram, is doing. Like what, for example? "Sometimes keeping my hair natural, sometimes showing up without make-up", smiles the artist, met in Paris by AFP. (Photo by JOEL SAGET / AFP)
(FILES) Nigerian singer, songwriter, actress and activist Yemi Alade, poses during a photo session in Paris on July 1, 2024. "I do a lot of things that most of my colleagues won't do": that's how Nigerian singer Yemi Alade, who has been endorsed by Beyonce and has 18 million followers on Instagram, is doing. Like what, for example? "Sometimes keeping my hair natural, sometimes showing up without make-up", smiles the artist, met in Paris by AFP. (Photo by JOEL SAGET / AFP)
(FILES) Nigerian singer, songwriter, actress and activist Yemi Alade, poses during a photo session in Paris on July 1, 2024. "I do a lot of things that most of my colleagues won't do": that's how Nigerian singer Yemi Alade, who has been endorsed by Beyonce and has 18 million followers on Instagram, is doing. Like what, for example? "Sometimes keeping my hair natural, sometimes showing up without make-up", smiles the artist, met in Paris by AFP. (Photo by JOEL SAGET / AFP)
