Rain drops fall on Francois Hollande
Newly elected French President Francois Hollande's vision was partially obscured when his glasses were pelted by rain drops during a drive through the Champs Elysees in Paris on May 15, 2012. The presidential handover ceremony at the Elysee Palace on Tuesday released Nicolas Sarkozy from his duties as France's president and bequeathed them onto Hollande. 
Photo credit: Michel Springler / AP, Patrick Kovarik / Pool
Excentrique(s) by Daniel Buren
French minimalist artist Daniel Buren's 'Excentrique(s)' has taken over the sprawling nave of the Grand Palais in Paris for the fifth annual Monumenta art project. Excentrique(s) is made of hundreds of colored circles in red, blue, green and yellow which are mounted on stalks which huddle through the central space of the Grand Palais like tinted lily pads waiting for their respective frogs to lumber through. "Daniel Buren, MONUMENTA 2012" is on exhibition starting on May 10 and runs until June 21, 2012.
Photo credit: Patrick Aventurier / Getty Images
Marine Le Pen gives speech on May Day
French National Front presidential candidate Marine Le Pen gives a speech in front of the Academie Nationale de Musique and a banner which reads, 'Oui, la France' in Paris during the May Day parade on May 1, 2012.
Photo credit: AP, Pascal Le Segretain / Getty Images
Duster driver stumbles into subway entrance
Police cordoned off the entrance to the Chaussee d'Antin La Fayette Metro station in Paris after a driver plowed his Renault Dacia Duster halfway into the stairway on April 24, 2012.
Photo credit: Jacky Naegelen / Reuters, Bertrand Guay / AFP
Paris Marathon 2012
A glimpse of some of the 40,000 competitors who raced past the Eiffel Tower during the 36th annual Paris Marathon in Paris, France, on April 15, 2012. The marathon began at the Avenue des Champs-Elysées and finished down Avenue Foch in the XVIe arrondissement. Kenyan runner Stanley Biwott broke race records by completing the marathon in 2 hours, 5 minutes, and 11 seconds to take the men's title while Ethiopian runner Beyene Tirfi took the women's title with a time of 2 hours, 21 minutes at 40 seconds.
Photo credit: Trago / Getty Images
Palais de Tokyo in Paris re-opens today
French President Nicolas Sarkozy peers into a slide during the inauguration of the newly renovated Palais de Tokyo contemporary art museum in Paris, France, on April 11, 2012. The building was originally inaugurated in 1937 by French President Lebrun and the exhibition space re-opens to the public today.
Photo credit: Philippe Wojazer / AP
ONE’s AAA demonstration in Paris, France
The disembodied visages of French presidential candidates are plastered onto paper planters and held aloft by members of 'ONE,' a Non-governmental organization (NGO) during their 'AAA, Agriculture = Food = Future' demonstration in Paris, France. ONE hopes to bring attention to hunger, preventable diseases, and poverty by calling upon governments to increase funding for agricultural programs in order to combat the inequalities around the world. 
Photo credit: Reuters
Tango at the European Challenge Cup quarterfinals
Stade Français flankers George Smith (left) and Antoine Burban (right) get into a ruckus at the European Challenge Cup quarterfinal rugby match between Stade Francais and Exeter at Charlety Stadium in Paris on April 5, 2012. Stade Français went on to beat Exeter with a score of 22-17 to advance to the semi-finals. Michael Cheika, Stade's director of rugby said, "The match turned in our favor at the end. We showed good discipline against a team who could finish in the top four in the English Premiership. At halftime, we said that this match would go right to the end. It's always the way in Europe."
Photo credit: Franck Fife / AFP / Getty Images
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