Bone by bone, workers restore Paris catacombs

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Workers at the historic catacombs of Paris are rebuilding a wall containing remains of martyrs from the French Revolution. The massive underground gravesite houses up to 7 million bodies transferred there after centuries of cemetery overflow.

A Parisian wine bar banned TikTokers and hired a bouncer to control crowds after it became an unwilling viral sensation

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Folderol's bouncer/greeter outside the bar in Paris
Folderol's "greeter" outside the wine bar in Paris, France.

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A tourist lost an $800K diamond ring in the Ritz in Paris — and unexpectedly got it back

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The Ritz Paris hotel, left, and a stock photo of a diamond ring, right, in a composite image.
The Ritz Paris hotel, left, and a stock photo of a diamond ring, right, in a composite image.

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Airbnb hosts are scrambling to cash in on the Paris Summer Olympics — and visitors are struggling to find cheap places to stay

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Eiffel Tower lit up at night
Paris will host the 2024 Summer Olympics from July 26 to September 8.

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The bride who went viral for purportedly planning a $59 million wedding has shut down her social media as her husband's criminal charges came to light

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Bride and groom figurines laying down on top of a wedding cake.
Brockway, who went viral for her lavish wedding, appears to have vanished from TikTok.

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A groom who went viral on TikTok for putting on the 'wedding of the century' in Paris is now facing up to life in prison

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Two silver wedding bands on a white floral wedding invitation

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The mayor of Paris is making a loud exit from X, calling the platform a 'gigantic global sewer'

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Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo and X owner and chief technology officer Elon Musk
Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo and X owner and chief technology officer Elon Musk

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The history of the Paris catacombs, the city's underground tunnels of death home to over 6 million corpses

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A photo of a skull with crossbones inlaid into a wall of bones.
A skull in crossbones is inlaid into a wall of bones.

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A homeowner planned to throwaway a painting hanging in her kitchen — it turned out to be a 13th-century masterpiece worth $25 million

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The painting "Christ Mocked", a long-lost masterpiece by Florentine artist Cimabue is displayed in Paris.

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Marathons are terrible for the planet, presenting a climate dilemma for elite runners: to fly or not to fly?

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Runners at the Toronto Waterfront Marathon on October 15.
Runners at the Toronto Waterfront Marathon on October 15.

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