Thousands of people celebrated the passing of the new year in Paris on Wednesday (January 1), as fireworks lit up the sky above the Arc de Triomphe monument.

The Arc De Triomphe was illuminated as fireworks blasted from behind the building to celebrate during New Year's Eve in Paris, France.

The flame that was lit when the soldier was laid to rest has not extinguished since it was initially lit in the 1920s, and is rekindled every night ... the Arc de Triomphe website. Paris Seine ...

Paris’s landmark Arc de Triomphe made for a picturesque scene as fireworks burst into the sky over the French capital on New ...

Bulgarian-born artist Christo was renowned for his landmark installations Giants sheets of fabric have been draped down the Arc de Triomphe monument in Paris in tribute to a late artist's ...

PARIS, November 11. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin has arrived at the Arc de Triomphe in downtown Paris, where the key ceremony marking the 100th anniversary of the World War I Armistice ...

The Champs-Élysées avenue hosted the New Year organized by the city of Paris, France, and included a show full of fireworks at the Arc de Triomphe for 10 minutes. In addition, musical performances ...

At least 10 people were killed and 30 or more injured when a truck intentionally drove into a large crowd on Canal and Bourbon Street in New Orleans' French Quarter at a high speed early on ...

A driver crashed his pickup truck into a crowd celebrating New Year's Day in New Orleans' French Quarter and opened fire, killing 10 people and injuring more than 35, in an early morning attack ...