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Water quality in River Seine sparks concerns over Paris Olympics preparations

STORY: Water quality in River Seine sparks concerns over Paris Olympics preparations DATELINE: Aug. 23, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:47 LOCATION: Paris CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT/SPORTS SHOTLIST: 1. various of streets of Paris 2. various of the riverside of the Seine 3. various of a bridge over the Seine 4. SOUNDBITE 1 (French): Paris resident 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (French): Paris resident STORYLINE: Paris residents have expressed concerns over the 2024 Paris Olympic Games after organizers and other officials canceled two Paris Olympics test events over the weekend due to the poor water quality in the River Seine. The cancellations came just two weeks after races for the 2023 World Aquatics Open Water Swimming World Cup were also canceled due to the high levels of pollution in the river. In an interview, Tony Estanguet, president of Paris 2024, re-emphasized that there is no Plan B for swimming events set to be held in the River Seine. SOUNDBITE 1 (French): Paris resident "I really don't know what's going to happen. But I th

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Olympics Threaten To Erase Riverside Booksellers - Paris

Open-air booksellers are seen in Paris, France, on August 17, 2023. The open-air booksellers who line the Seine in Paris are refusing to be moved, despite concerns from French authorities over security for the opening of the Olympic Games on the river. The ceremony on July 26 next year will be the first in Olympic history to take place outside a stadium. 200 “bouquinistes”, who make up the largest open-air book market in Europe, were up in arms over a letter sent to them this week by the Paris police authority. The missive said it was “essential” to “remove” the boxes fastened to walls along the river banks in which the sellers stock and display second-hand books. The police want a perimeter where “access and movement of persons are regulated” to ensure the security of a “place or event exposed to a risk of acts of terrorism”. Photo by Karim Ait AdjedjouABACAPRESS.COM

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Olympics Threaten To Erase Riverside Booksellers - Paris

Open-air booksellers are seen in Paris, France, on August 17, 2023. The open-air booksellers who line the Seine in Paris are refusing to be moved, despite concerns from French authorities over security for the opening of the Olympic Games on the river. The ceremony on July 26 next year will be the first in Olympic history to take place outside a stadium. 200 “bouquinistes”, who make up the largest open-air book market in Europe, were up in arms over a letter sent to them this week by the Paris police authority. The missive said it was “essential” to “remove” the boxes fastened to walls along the river banks in which the sellers stock and display second-hand books. The police want a perimeter where “access and movement of persons are regulated” to ensure the security of a “place or event exposed to a risk of acts of terrorism”. Photo by Karim Ait AdjedjouABACAPRESS.COM

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Olympics Threaten To Erase Riverside Booksellers - Paris

Open-air booksellers are seen in Paris, France, on August 17, 2023. The open-air booksellers who line the Seine in Paris are refusing to be moved, despite concerns from French authorities over security for the opening of the Olympic Games on the river. The ceremony on July 26 next year will be the first in Olympic history to take place outside a stadium. 200 “bouquinistes”, who make up the largest open-air book market in Europe, were up in arms over a letter sent to them this week by the Paris police authority. The missive said it was “essential” to “remove” the boxes fastened to walls along the river banks in which the sellers stock and display second-hand books. The police want a perimeter where “access and movement of persons are regulated” to ensure the security of a “place or event exposed to a risk of acts of terrorism”. Photo by Karim Ait AdjedjouABACAPRESS.COM

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Olympics Threaten To Erase Riverside Booksellers - Paris

Open-air booksellers are seen in Paris, France, on August 17, 2023. The open-air booksellers who line the Seine in Paris are refusing to be moved, despite concerns from French authorities over security for the opening of the Olympic Games on the river. The ceremony on July 26 next year will be the first in Olympic history to take place outside a stadium. 200 “bouquinistes”, who make up the largest open-air book market in Europe, were up in arms over a letter sent to them this week by the Paris police authority. The missive said it was “essential” to “remove” the boxes fastened to walls along the river banks in which the sellers stock and display second-hand books. The police want a perimeter where “access and movement of persons are regulated” to ensure the security of a “place or event exposed to a risk of acts of terrorism”. Photo by Karim Ait AdjedjouABACAPRESS.COM

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Olympics Threaten To Erase Riverside Booksellers - Paris

Open-air booksellers are seen in Paris, France, on August 17, 2023. The open-air booksellers who line the Seine in Paris are refusing to be moved, despite concerns from French authorities over security for the opening of the Olympic Games on the river. The ceremony on July 26 next year will be the first in Olympic history to take place outside a stadium. 200 “bouquinistes”, who make up the largest open-air book market in Europe, were up in arms over a letter sent to them this week by the Paris police authority. The missive said it was “essential” to “remove” the boxes fastened to walls along the river banks in which the sellers stock and display second-hand books. The police want a perimeter where “access and movement of persons are regulated” to ensure the security of a “place or event exposed to a risk of acts of terrorism”. Photo by Karim Ait AdjedjouABACAPRESS.COM

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Olympics Threaten To Erase Riverside Booksellers - Paris

Open-air booksellers are seen in Paris, France, on August 17, 2023. The open-air booksellers who line the Seine in Paris are refusing to be moved, despite concerns from French authorities over security for the opening of the Olympic Games on the river. The ceremony on July 26 next year will be the first in Olympic history to take place outside a stadium. 200 “bouquinistes”, who make up the largest open-air book market in Europe, were up in arms over a letter sent to them this week by the Paris police authority. The missive said it was “essential” to “remove” the boxes fastened to walls along the river banks in which the sellers stock and display second-hand books. The police want a perimeter where “access and movement of persons are regulated” to ensure the security of a “place or event exposed to a risk of acts of terrorism”. Photo by Karim Ait AdjedjouABACAPRESS.COM

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Olympics Threaten To Erase Riverside Booksellers - Paris

Pedestrians walk past open-air booksellers in Paris, France, on August 17, 2023. The open-air booksellers who line the Seine in Paris are refusing to be moved, despite concerns from French authorities over security for the opening of the Olympic Games on the river. The ceremony on July 26 next year will be the first in Olympic history to take place outside a stadium. 200 “bouquinistes”, who make up the largest open-air book market in Europe, were up in arms over a letter sent to them this week by the Paris police authority. The missive said it was “essential” to “remove” the boxes fastened to walls along the river banks in which the sellers stock and display second-hand books. The police want a perimeter where “access and movement of persons are regulated” to ensure the security of a “place or event exposed to a risk of acts of terrorism”. Photo by Karim Ait AdjedjouABACAPRESS.COM

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Olympics Threaten To Erase Riverside Booksellers - Paris

Open-air booksellers are seen in Paris, France, on August 17, 2023. The open-air booksellers who line the Seine in Paris are refusing to be moved, despite concerns from French authorities over security for the opening of the Olympic Games on the river. The ceremony on July 26 next year will be the first in Olympic history to take place outside a stadium. 200 “bouquinistes”, who make up the largest open-air book market in Europe, were up in arms over a letter sent to them this week by the Paris police authority. The missive said it was “essential” to “remove” the boxes fastened to walls along the river banks in which the sellers stock and display second-hand books. The police want a perimeter where “access and movement of persons are regulated” to ensure the security of a “place or event exposed to a risk of acts of terrorism”. Photo by Karim Ait AdjedjouABACAPRESS.COM

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Olympics Threaten To Erase Riverside Booksellers - Paris

Pedestrians walk past open-air booksellers in Paris, France, on August 17, 2023. The open-air booksellers who line the Seine in Paris are refusing to be moved, despite concerns from French authorities over security for the opening of the Olympic Games on the river. The ceremony on July 26 next year will be the first in Olympic history to take place outside a stadium. 200 “bouquinistes”, who make up the largest open-air book market in Europe, were up in arms over a letter sent to them this week by the Paris police authority. The missive said it was “essential” to “remove” the boxes fastened to walls along the river banks in which the sellers stock and display second-hand books. The police want a perimeter where “access and movement of persons are regulated” to ensure the security of a “place or event exposed to a risk of acts of terrorism”. Photo by Karim Ait AdjedjouABACAPRESS.COM

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Olympics Threaten To Erase Riverside Booksellers - Paris

Open-air booksellers are seen in Paris, France, on August 17, 2023. The open-air booksellers who line the Seine in Paris are refusing to be moved, despite concerns from French authorities over security for the opening of the Olympic Games on the river. The ceremony on July 26 next year will be the first in Olympic history to take place outside a stadium. 200 “bouquinistes”, who make up the largest open-air book market in Europe, were up in arms over a letter sent to them this week by the Paris police authority. The missive said it was “essential” to “remove” the boxes fastened to walls along the river banks in which the sellers stock and display second-hand books. The police want a perimeter where “access and movement of persons are regulated” to ensure the security of a “place or event exposed to a risk of acts of terrorism”. Photo by Karim Ait AdjedjouABACAPRESS.COM

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Olympics Threaten To Erase Riverside Booksellers - Paris

Open-air booksellers are seen in Paris, France, on August 17, 2023. The open-air booksellers who line the Seine in Paris are refusing to be moved, despite concerns from French authorities over security for the opening of the Olympic Games on the river. The ceremony on July 26 next year will be the first in Olympic history to take place outside a stadium. 200 “bouquinistes”, who make up the largest open-air book market in Europe, were up in arms over a letter sent to them this week by the Paris police authority. The missive said it was “essential” to “remove” the boxes fastened to walls along the river banks in which the sellers stock and display second-hand books. The police want a perimeter where “access and movement of persons are regulated” to ensure the security of a “place or event exposed to a risk of acts of terrorism”. Photo by Karim Ait AdjedjouABACAPRESS.COM

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Olympics Threaten To Erase Riverside Booksellers - Paris

Open-air booksellers are seen in Paris, France, on August 17, 2023. The open-air booksellers who line the Seine in Paris are refusing to be moved, despite concerns from French authorities over security for the opening of the Olympic Games on the river. The ceremony on July 26 next year will be the first in Olympic history to take place outside a stadium. 200 “bouquinistes”, who make up the largest open-air book market in Europe, were up in arms over a letter sent to them this week by the Paris police authority. The missive said it was “essential” to “remove” the boxes fastened to walls along the river banks in which the sellers stock and display second-hand books. The police want a perimeter where “access and movement of persons are regulated” to ensure the security of a “place or event exposed to a risk of acts of terrorism”. Photo by Karim Ait AdjedjouABACAPRESS.COM

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Olympics Threaten To Erase Riverside Booksellers - Paris

Pedestrians walk past open-air booksellers in Paris, France, on August 17, 2023. The open-air booksellers who line the Seine in Paris are refusing to be moved, despite concerns from French authorities over security for the opening of the Olympic Games on the river. The ceremony on July 26 next year will be the first in Olympic history to take place outside a stadium. 200 “bouquinistes”, who make up the largest open-air book market in Europe, were up in arms over a letter sent to them this week by the Paris police authority. The missive said it was “essential” to “remove” the boxes fastened to walls along the river banks in which the sellers stock and display second-hand books. The police want a perimeter where “access and movement of persons are regulated” to ensure the security of a “place or event exposed to a risk of acts of terrorism”. Photo by Karim Ait AdjedjouABACAPRESS.COM

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Olympics Threaten To Erase Riverside Booksellers - Paris

Open-air booksellers are seen in Paris, France, on August 17, 2023. The open-air booksellers who line the Seine in Paris are refusing to be moved, despite concerns from French authorities over security for the opening of the Olympic Games on the river. The ceremony on July 26 next year will be the first in Olympic history to take place outside a stadium. 200 “bouquinistes”, who make up the largest open-air book market in Europe, were up in arms over a letter sent to them this week by the Paris police authority. The missive said it was “essential” to “remove” the boxes fastened to walls along the river banks in which the sellers stock and display second-hand books. The police want a perimeter where “access and movement of persons are regulated” to ensure the security of a “place or event exposed to a risk of acts of terrorism”. Photo by Karim Ait AdjedjouABACAPRESS.COM

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Olympics Threaten To Erase Riverside Booksellers - Paris

Open-air booksellers are seen in Paris, France, on August 17, 2023. The open-air booksellers who line the Seine in Paris are refusing to be moved, despite concerns from French authorities over security for the opening of the Olympic Games on the river. The ceremony on July 26 next year will be the first in Olympic history to take place outside a stadium. 200 “bouquinistes”, who make up the largest open-air book market in Europe, were up in arms over a letter sent to them this week by the Paris police authority. The missive said it was “essential” to “remove” the boxes fastened to walls along the river banks in which the sellers stock and display second-hand books. The police want a perimeter where “access and movement of persons are regulated” to ensure the security of a “place or event exposed to a risk of acts of terrorism”. Photo by Karim Ait AdjedjouABACAPRESS.COM

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Olympics Threaten To Erase Riverside Booksellers - Paris

Pedestrians walk past open-air booksellers in Paris, France, on August 17, 2023. The open-air booksellers who line the Seine in Paris are refusing to be moved, despite concerns from French authorities over security for the opening of the Olympic Games on the river. The ceremony on July 26 next year will be the first in Olympic history to take place outside a stadium. 200 “bouquinistes”, who make up the largest open-air book market in Europe, were up in arms over a letter sent to them this week by the Paris police authority. The missive said it was “essential” to “remove” the boxes fastened to walls along the river banks in which the sellers stock and display second-hand books. The police want a perimeter where “access and movement of persons are regulated” to ensure the security of a “place or event exposed to a risk of acts of terrorism”. Photo by Karim Ait AdjedjouABACAPRESS.COM

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Olympics Threaten To Erase Riverside Booksellers - Paris

Open-air booksellers are seen in Paris, France, on August 17, 2023. The open-air booksellers who line the Seine in Paris are refusing to be moved, despite concerns from French authorities over security for the opening of the Olympic Games on the river. The ceremony on July 26 next year will be the first in Olympic history to take place outside a stadium. 200 “bouquinistes”, who make up the largest open-air book market in Europe, were up in arms over a letter sent to them this week by the Paris police authority. The missive said it was “essential” to “remove” the boxes fastened to walls along the river banks in which the sellers stock and display second-hand books. The police want a perimeter where “access and movement of persons are regulated” to ensure the security of a “place or event exposed to a risk of acts of terrorism”. Photo by Karim Ait AdjedjouABACAPRESS.COM

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Olympics Threaten To Erase Riverside Booksellers - Paris

Open-air booksellers are seen in Paris, France, on August 17, 2023. The open-air booksellers who line the Seine in Paris are refusing to be moved, despite concerns from French authorities over security for the opening of the Olympic Games on the river. The ceremony on July 26 next year will be the first in Olympic history to take place outside a stadium. 200 “bouquinistes”, who make up the largest open-air book market in Europe, were up in arms over a letter sent to them this week by the Paris police authority. The missive said it was “essential” to “remove” the boxes fastened to walls along the river banks in which the sellers stock and display second-hand books. The police want a perimeter where “access and movement of persons are regulated” to ensure the security of a “place or event exposed to a risk of acts of terrorism”. Photo by Karim Ait AdjedjouABACAPRESS.COM

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Olympics Threaten To Erase Riverside Booksellers - Paris

Open-air booksellers are seen in Paris, France, on August 17, 2023. The open-air booksellers who line the Seine in Paris are refusing to be moved, despite concerns from French authorities over security for the opening of the Olympic Games on the river. The ceremony on July 26 next year will be the first in Olympic history to take place outside a stadium. 200 “bouquinistes”, who make up the largest open-air book market in Europe, were up in arms over a letter sent to them this week by the Paris police authority. The missive said it was “essential” to “remove” the boxes fastened to walls along the river banks in which the sellers stock and display second-hand books. The police want a perimeter where “access and movement of persons are regulated” to ensure the security of a “place or event exposed to a risk of acts of terrorism”. Photo by Karim Ait AdjedjouABACAPRESS.COM

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Olympics Threaten To Erase Riverside Booksellers - Paris

Open-air booksellers are seen in Paris, France, on August 17, 2023. The open-air booksellers who line the Seine in Paris are refusing to be moved, despite concerns from French authorities over security for the opening of the Olympic Games on the river. The ceremony on July 26 next year will be the first in Olympic history to take place outside a stadium. 200 “bouquinistes”, who make up the largest open-air book market in Europe, were up in arms over a letter sent to them this week by the Paris police authority. The missive said it was “essential” to “remove” the boxes fastened to walls along the river banks in which the sellers stock and display second-hand books. The police want a perimeter where “access and movement of persons are regulated” to ensure the security of a “place or event exposed to a risk of acts of terrorism”. Photo by Karim Ait AdjedjouABACAPRESS.COM

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Olympics Threaten To Erase Riverside Booksellers - Paris

Open-air booksellers are seen in Paris, France, on August 17, 2023. The open-air booksellers who line the Seine in Paris are refusing to be moved, despite concerns from French authorities over security for the opening of the Olympic Games on the river. The ceremony on July 26 next year will be the first in Olympic history to take place outside a stadium. 200 “bouquinistes”, who make up the largest open-air book market in Europe, were up in arms over a letter sent to them this week by the Paris police authority. The missive said it was “essential” to “remove” the boxes fastened to walls along the river banks in which the sellers stock and display second-hand books. The police want a perimeter where “access and movement of persons are regulated” to ensure the security of a “place or event exposed to a risk of acts of terrorism”. Photo by Karim Ait AdjedjouABACAPRESS.COM

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Olympics Threaten To Erase Riverside Booksellers - Paris

Open-air booksellers are seen in Paris, France, on August 17, 2023. The open-air booksellers who line the Seine in Paris are refusing to be moved, despite concerns from French authorities over security for the opening of the Olympic Games on the river. The ceremony on July 26 next year will be the first in Olympic history to take place outside a stadium. 200 “bouquinistes”, who make up the largest open-air book market in Europe, were up in arms over a letter sent to them this week by the Paris police authority. The missive said it was “essential” to “remove” the boxes fastened to walls along the river banks in which the sellers stock and display second-hand books. The police want a perimeter where “access and movement of persons are regulated” to ensure the security of a “place or event exposed to a risk of acts of terrorism”. Photo by Karim Ait AdjedjouABACAPRESS.COM

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Olympics Threaten To Erase Riverside Booksellers - Paris

Open-air booksellers are seen in Paris, France, on August 17, 2023. The open-air booksellers who line the Seine in Paris are refusing to be moved, despite concerns from French authorities over security for the opening of the Olympic Games on the river. The ceremony on July 26 next year will be the first in Olympic history to take place outside a stadium. 200 “bouquinistes”, who make up the largest open-air book market in Europe, were up in arms over a letter sent to them this week by the Paris police authority. The missive said it was “essential” to “remove” the boxes fastened to walls along the river banks in which the sellers stock and display second-hand books. The police want a perimeter where “access and movement of persons are regulated” to ensure the security of a “place or event exposed to a risk of acts of terrorism”. Photo by Karim Ait AdjedjouABACAPRESS.COM

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Olympics Threaten To Erase Riverside Booksellers - Paris

Pedestrians walk past open-air booksellers in Paris, France, on August 17, 2023. The open-air booksellers who line the Seine in Paris are refusing to be moved, despite concerns from French authorities over security for the opening of the Olympic Games on the river. The ceremony on July 26 next year will be the first in Olympic history to take place outside a stadium. 200 “bouquinistes”, who make up the largest open-air book market in Europe, were up in arms over a letter sent to them this week by the Paris police authority. The missive said it was “essential” to “remove” the boxes fastened to walls along the river banks in which the sellers stock and display second-hand books. The police want a perimeter where “access and movement of persons are regulated” to ensure the security of a “place or event exposed to a risk of acts of terrorism”. Photo by Karim Ait AdjedjouABACAPRESS.COM

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Olympics Threaten To Erase Riverside Booksellers - Paris

Open-air booksellers are seen in Paris, France, on August 17, 2023. The open-air booksellers who line the Seine in Paris are refusing to be moved, despite concerns from French authorities over security for the opening of the Olympic Games on the river. The ceremony on July 26 next year will be the first in Olympic history to take place outside a stadium. 200 “bouquinistes”, who make up the largest open-air book market in Europe, were up in arms over a letter sent to them this week by the Paris police authority. The missive said it was “essential” to “remove” the boxes fastened to walls along the river banks in which the sellers stock and display second-hand books. The police want a perimeter where “access and movement of persons are regulated” to ensure the security of a “place or event exposed to a risk of acts of terrorism”. Photo by Karim Ait AdjedjouABACAPRESS.COM

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Olympics Threaten To Erase Riverside Booksellers - Paris

Open-air booksellers are seen in Paris, France, on August 17, 2023. The open-air booksellers who line the Seine in Paris are refusing to be moved, despite concerns from French authorities over security for the opening of the Olympic Games on the river. The ceremony on July 26 next year will be the first in Olympic history to take place outside a stadium. 200 “bouquinistes”, who make up the largest open-air book market in Europe, were up in arms over a letter sent to them this week by the Paris police authority. The missive said it was “essential” to “remove” the boxes fastened to walls along the river banks in which the sellers stock and display second-hand books. The police want a perimeter where “access and movement of persons are regulated” to ensure the security of a “place or event exposed to a risk of acts of terrorism”. Photo by Karim Ait AdjedjouABACAPRESS.COM

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Olympics Threaten To Erase Riverside Booksellers - Paris

Open-air booksellers are seen in Paris, France, on August 17, 2023. The open-air booksellers who line the Seine in Paris are refusing to be moved, despite concerns from French authorities over security for the opening of the Olympic Games on the river. The ceremony on July 26 next year will be the first in Olympic history to take place outside a stadium. 200 “bouquinistes”, who make up the largest open-air book market in Europe, were up in arms over a letter sent to them this week by the Paris police authority. The missive said it was “essential” to “remove” the boxes fastened to walls along the river banks in which the sellers stock and display second-hand books. The police want a perimeter where “access and movement of persons are regulated” to ensure the security of a “place or event exposed to a risk of acts of terrorism”. Photo by Karim Ait AdjedjouABACAPRESS.COM

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Olympics Threaten To Erase Riverside Booksellers - Paris

Pedestrians walk past open-air booksellers in Paris, France, on August 17, 2023. The open-air booksellers who line the Seine in Paris are refusing to be moved, despite concerns from French authorities over security for the opening of the Olympic Games on the river. The ceremony on July 26 next year will be the first in Olympic history to take place outside a stadium. 200 “bouquinistes”, who make up the largest open-air book market in Europe, were up in arms over a letter sent to them this week by the Paris police authority. The missive said it was “essential” to “remove” the boxes fastened to walls along the river banks in which the sellers stock and display second-hand books. The police want a perimeter where “access and movement of persons are regulated” to ensure the security of a “place or event exposed to a risk of acts of terrorism”. Photo by Karim Ait AdjedjouABACAPRESS.COM

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Paris 2024 Olympics Security Challenge

Police patrol the Champs de Mars area at the bottom of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France on August 16, 2023 Scheduled to take place from 8:24 pm in Paris on the Seine, between the Bibliotheque nationale de France (National Library of France, BnF) and the Eiffel Tower, the opening ceremony of the next Olympic Games on July 26, 2024, promises to be an enormous security challenge. Some 500,000 spectators, 10,000 athletes and many heads of state and government are expected to take part across a six-kilometers strip on both sides of the river. Photo by Alain Apaydin/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Paris 2024 Olympics Security Challenge

Police patrol the Champs de Mars area at the bottom of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France on August 16, 2023 Scheduled to take place from 8:24 pm in Paris on the Seine, between the Bibliotheque nationale de France (National Library of France, BnF) and the Eiffel Tower, the opening ceremony of the next Olympic Games on July 26, 2024, promises to be an enormous security challenge. Some 500,000 spectators, 10,000 athletes and many heads of state and government are expected to take part across a six-kilometers strip on both sides of the river. Photo by Alain Apaydin/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Paris 2024 Olympics Security Challenge

Police patrol the Champs de Mars area at the bottom of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France on August 16, 2023 Scheduled to take place from 8:24 pm in Paris on the Seine, between the Bibliotheque nationale de France (National Library of France, BnF) and the Eiffel Tower, the opening ceremony of the next Olympic Games on July 26, 2024, promises to be an enormous security challenge. Some 500,000 spectators, 10,000 athletes and many heads of state and government are expected to take part across a six-kilometers strip on both sides of the river. Photo by Alain Apaydin/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Paris 2024 Olympics Security Challenge

Police patrol the Champs de Mars area at the bottom of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France on August 16, 2023 Scheduled to take place from 8:24 pm in Paris on the Seine, between the Bibliotheque nationale de France (National Library of France, BnF) and the Eiffel Tower, the opening ceremony of the next Olympic Games on July 26, 2024, promises to be an enormous security challenge. Some 500,000 spectators, 10,000 athletes and many heads of state and government are expected to take part across a six-kilometers strip on both sides of the river. Photo by Alain Apaydin/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Paris 2024 Olympics Security Challenge

Police patrol the Champs de Mars area at the bottom of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France on August 16, 2023 Scheduled to take place from 8:24 pm in Paris on the Seine, between the Bibliotheque nationale de France (National Library of France, BnF) and the Eiffel Tower, the opening ceremony of the next Olympic Games on July 26, 2024, promises to be an enormous security challenge. Some 500,000 spectators, 10,000 athletes and many heads of state and government are expected to take part across a six-kilometers strip on both sides of the river. Photo by Alain Apaydin/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Paris 2024 Olympics Security Challenge

Police patrol the Champs de Mars area at the bottom of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France on August 16, 2023 Scheduled to take place from 8:24 pm in Paris on the Seine, between the Bibliotheque nationale de France (National Library of France, BnF) and the Eiffel Tower, the opening ceremony of the next Olympic Games on July 26, 2024, promises to be an enormous security challenge. Some 500,000 spectators, 10,000 athletes and many heads of state and government are expected to take part across a six-kilometers strip on both sides of the river. Photo by Alain Apaydin/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Paris 2024 Olympics Security Challenge

Police patrol the Champs de Mars area at the bottom of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France on August 16, 2023 Scheduled to take place from 8:24 pm in Paris on the Seine, between the Bibliotheque nationale de France (National Library of France, BnF) and the Eiffel Tower, the opening ceremony of the next Olympic Games on July 26, 2024, promises to be an enormous security challenge. Some 500,000 spectators, 10,000 athletes and many heads of state and government are expected to take part across a six-kilometers strip on both sides of the river. Photo by Alain Apaydin/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Paris 2024 Olympics Security Challenge

Police patrol the Champs de Mars area at the bottom of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France on August 16, 2023 Scheduled to take place from 8:24 pm in Paris on the Seine, between the Bibliotheque nationale de France (National Library of France, BnF) and the Eiffel Tower, the opening ceremony of the next Olympic Games on July 26, 2024, promises to be an enormous security challenge. Some 500,000 spectators, 10,000 athletes and many heads of state and government are expected to take part across a six-kilometers strip on both sides of the river. Photo by Alain Apaydin/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Paris 2024 Olympics Security Challenge

Police patrol the Champs de Mars area at the bottom of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France on August 16, 2023 Scheduled to take place from 8:24 pm in Paris on the Seine, between the Bibliotheque nationale de France (National Library of France, BnF) and the Eiffel Tower, the opening ceremony of the next Olympic Games on July 26, 2024, promises to be an enormous security challenge. Some 500,000 spectators, 10,000 athletes and many heads of state and government are expected to take part across a six-kilometers strip on both sides of the river. Photo by Alain Apaydin/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Paris 2024 Olympics Security Challenge

Police patrol the Champs de Mars area at the bottom of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France on August 16, 2023 Scheduled to take place from 8:24 pm in Paris on the Seine, between the Bibliotheque nationale de France (National Library of France, BnF) and the Eiffel Tower, the opening ceremony of the next Olympic Games on July 26, 2024, promises to be an enormous security challenge. Some 500,000 spectators, 10,000 athletes and many heads of state and government are expected to take part across a six-kilometers strip on both sides of the river. Photo by Alain Apaydin/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Paris 2024 Olympics Security Challenge

Gendarmes patrol the Champs de Mars area at the bottom of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France on August 16, 2023 Scheduled to take place from 8:24 pm in Paris on the Seine, between the Bibliotheque nationale de France (National Library of France, BnF) and the Eiffel Tower, the opening ceremony of the next Olympic Games on July 26, 2024, promises to be an enormous security challenge. Some 500,000 spectators, 10,000 athletes and many heads of state and government are expected to take part across a six-kilometers strip on both sides of the river. Photo by Alain Apaydin/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Paris 2024 Olympics Security Challenge

Police patrol the Champs de Mars area at the bottom of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France on August 16, 2023 Scheduled to take place from 8:24 pm in Paris on the Seine, between the Bibliotheque nationale de France (National Library of France, BnF) and the Eiffel Tower, the opening ceremony of the next Olympic Games on July 26, 2024, promises to be an enormous security challenge. Some 500,000 spectators, 10,000 athletes and many heads of state and government are expected to take part across a six-kilometers strip on both sides of the river. Photo by Alain Apaydin/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Paris 2024 Olympics Security Challenge

Gendarmes patrol the Champs de Mars area at the bottom of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France on August 16, 2023 Scheduled to take place from 8:24 pm in Paris on the Seine, between the Bibliotheque nationale de France (National Library of France, BnF) and the Eiffel Tower, the opening ceremony of the next Olympic Games on July 26, 2024, promises to be an enormous security challenge. Some 500,000 spectators, 10,000 athletes and many heads of state and government are expected to take part across a six-kilometers strip on both sides of the river. Photo by Alain Apaydin/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Paris 2024 Olympics Security Challenge

Gendarmes patrol the Champs de Mars area at the bottom of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France on August 16, 2023 Scheduled to take place from 8:24 pm in Paris on the Seine, between the Bibliotheque nationale de France (National Library of France, BnF) and the Eiffel Tower, the opening ceremony of the next Olympic Games on July 26, 2024, promises to be an enormous security challenge. Some 500,000 spectators, 10,000 athletes and many heads of state and government are expected to take part across a six-kilometers strip on both sides of the river. Photo by Alain Apaydin/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Paris 2024 Olympics Security Challenge

Gendarmes patrol the Champs de Mars area at the bottom of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France on August 16, 2023 Scheduled to take place from 8:24 pm in Paris on the Seine, between the Bibliotheque nationale de France (National Library of France, BnF) and the Eiffel Tower, the opening ceremony of the next Olympic Games on July 26, 2024, promises to be an enormous security challenge. Some 500,000 spectators, 10,000 athletes and many heads of state and government are expected to take part across a six-kilometers strip on both sides of the river. Photo by Alain Apaydin/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Paris 2024 Olympics Security Challenge

Police patrol the Champs de Mars area at the bottom of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France on August 16, 2023 Scheduled to take place from 8:24 pm in Paris on the Seine, between the Bibliotheque nationale de France (National Library of France, BnF) and the Eiffel Tower, the opening ceremony of the next Olympic Games on July 26, 2024, promises to be an enormous security challenge. Some 500,000 spectators, 10,000 athletes and many heads of state and government are expected to take part across a six-kilometers strip on both sides of the river. Photo by Alain Apaydin/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Paris 2024 Olympics Security Challenge

Gendarmes patrol the Champs de Mars area at the bottom of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France on August 16, 2023 Scheduled to take place from 8:24 pm in Paris on the Seine, between the Bibliotheque nationale de France (National Library of France, BnF) and the Eiffel Tower, the opening ceremony of the next Olympic Games on July 26, 2024, promises to be an enormous security challenge. Some 500,000 spectators, 10,000 athletes and many heads of state and government are expected to take part across a six-kilometers strip on both sides of the river. Photo by Alain Apaydin/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Paris 2024 Olympics Security Challenge

Gendarmes patrol the Champs de Mars area at the bottom of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France on August 16, 2023 Scheduled to take place from 8:24 pm in Paris on the Seine, between the Bibliotheque nationale de France (National Library of France, BnF) and the Eiffel Tower, the opening ceremony of the next Olympic Games on July 26, 2024, promises to be an enormous security challenge. Some 500,000 spectators, 10,000 athletes and many heads of state and government are expected to take part across a six-kilometers strip on both sides of the river. Photo by Alain Apaydin/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Paris 2024 Olympics Security Challenge

Gendarmes patrol the Champs de Mars area at the bottom of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France on August 16, 2023 Scheduled to take place from 8:24 pm in Paris on the Seine, between the Bibliotheque nationale de France (National Library of France, BnF) and the Eiffel Tower, the opening ceremony of the next Olympic Games on July 26, 2024, promises to be an enormous security challenge. Some 500,000 spectators, 10,000 athletes and many heads of state and government are expected to take part across a six-kilometers strip on both sides of the river. Photo by Alain Apaydin/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Paris 2024 Olympics Security Challenge

Gendarmes patrol the Champs de Mars area at the bottom of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France on August 16, 2023 Scheduled to take place from 8:24 pm in Paris on the Seine, between the Bibliotheque nationale de France (National Library of France, BnF) and the Eiffel Tower, the opening ceremony of the next Olympic Games on July 26, 2024, promises to be an enormous security challenge. Some 500,000 spectators, 10,000 athletes and many heads of state and government are expected to take part across a six-kilometers strip on both sides of the river. Photo by Alain Apaydin/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Paris 2024 Olympics Security Challenge

Gendarmes patrol the Champs de Mars area at the bottom of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France on August 16, 2023 Scheduled to take place from 8:24 pm in Paris on the Seine, between the Bibliotheque nationale de France (National Library of France, BnF) and the Eiffel Tower, the opening ceremony of the next Olympic Games on July 26, 2024, promises to be an enormous security challenge. Some 500,000 spectators, 10,000 athletes and many heads of state and government are expected to take part across a six-kilometers strip on both sides of the river. Photo by Alain Apaydin/ABACAPRESS.COM