History Vintage travel guide accidentally becomes masterpiece of tourist horror fiction Ellsworth Toohey

france French President Macron swears at ungrateful subjects on cyclone-hit island Rob Beschizza

History In 1911, one man launched an ambitious project to photograph humanity before modernization changed it forever Ellsworth Toohey

History Notre-Dame prepares to reopen five years after fire that nearly destroyed it Rob Beschizza

art French museum refused to allow public access to secret 3D scans Rob Beschizza

france Mythical French sword mysteriously disappears from stone Thom Dunn

Mercy Buckets Socialists score shock win in French elections, with far right in third behind Macron's centrists Rob Beschizza

attacks Woman jogs through restricted area of animal park — and gets mauled by wolves Carla Sinclair

france Catchy tune, performed by band that pours concrete at every concert, mocks undemocratic rule in French constitution Natalie Dressed

politics French president Macron calls election after far-right thrashes his party in EU vote Rob Beschizza

france France now has baguette-scented baguette postage stamps Rusty Blazenhoff

france France locks down New Caledonia after unrest—and bans Tik Tok there Rob Beschizza

france France takes a stand against shrinkflation Gail Sherman

cats Parole de Chat: persistent French cat wants in Gail Sherman

france Carved leaves made by soldiers in the trenches Natalie Dressed

france Environmentalists hopping mad about frog legs Carolyn Townsend

france France adds right to abortion to its constitution Rob Beschizza

france Watch thousands of eggs turn into a gigantic omelet Popkin

france Tilleul de Gérouville is an adorable 600-year-old mushroom-like tree hollow you can sit inside of Popkin

mistakes One man's horrific saga of inadvertantly destroying municipal infrastructure with superabsorbent water beads Grant St. Clair