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Gérard Depardieu Is Ordered to Stand Trial Over Rape Accusations

The actress Charlotte Arnould has accused the French movie icon of raping her twice in 2018 at his home in Paris. He denies wrongdoing.

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Gérard Depardieu in a Paris court in March. He was convicted of sexual assault in a separate case in May.
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A City Reinvented: Paris Is Now Greater Paris

The periphery of the French capital is more vital than ever, and its creativity and dynamism have blurred old boundaries.

The Ourcq Canal in the Pantin suburb, now the center of gravity for Paris’s dynamism and creativity.
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Following the Sounds of Arabic to Rediscover Paris

A language student’s guide to the French capital highlights the culinary, literary and musical influences that quietly shape everyday life.

Inside the Andalusian garden at the Grand Mosque of Paris.
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Young People of Color Flocked to This Show. It Made Them Feel Seen.

The exhibition “Beloved Suburbs” drew more than 150,000 visitors to France’s Museum of the History of Immigration. “We really recognize ourselves in the exhibition,” one said.

© Dmitry Kostyukov for The New York Times

Visitors to the exhibition added messages to a wall display labeled “Dream suburbs” in which they expressed desires for things like less racism and less violence.
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