<p>Thirteen-year-old Ava Cairns-Locke takes a photo of the Eiffel Tower while backpacking through Europe in 2014.</p>
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Thirteen-year-old Ava Cairns-Locke takes a photo of the Eiffel Tower while backpacking through Europe in 2014.
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These 15 Photos Remind Us Why We Love Paris—and Always Will
Images from the National Geographic archives celebrate the resilient City of Light.
ByBecky LittleNational Geographic
Published July 13, 2016
Thursday is Bastille Day, an important holiday in France that commemorates the beginning of the French Revolution with the storming of the Bastille on July 14, 1789. This year's celebrations being held around the world have taken on a particular meaning as the nation tries to heal from recent devastating terrorist attacks.
No stranger to violence, Paris has endured countless trials over its two millennia of existence, from the 1814 Battle of Paris to the German Occupation during World War II. In November, a series of terrorist attacks left more than 120 dead and hundreds more injured.
But French values have endured for centuries. “The bonds of liberté and égalité and fraternité … are going to endure far beyond any act of
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Japan poised to release nuclear wastewater into the Pacific
The plan to gradually discharge more than a million tons of treated water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant has deeply divided nations and scientists.
