France celebrates Bastille Day on Monday with parades, fireworks, and festivities nationwide. The holiday marks the 1789 storming of the Bastille prison, a pivotal moment in the French Revolution.

Foreign Legion soldiers arrive for a rehearsal for the upcoming Bastille Day parade, Wednesday, July 9, 2025 on the Champs-Elysees avenue in Paris.

The contingent from the French Foreign Legion is eye-catching, its bearded troops wearing leather aprons and carrying axes, a reference to their original role as route clearers for advancing armies.

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