Parisians, out in the their droves, gather along the River Seine that runs throught he center of the capital Paris on February 27, 2021. A wall of scepticism on February 26, 2021 greeted a suggestion by Paris city hall for a three-week lockdown against the coronavirus to help restore normality in the French capital, with critics accusing Socialist mayor Anne Hidalgo of a PR stunt. France has so far avoided a third lockdown to battle Covid-19 but, with case numbers starting to rise, the government of President Emmanuel Macron is beginning to impose restrictions on a local basis. / AFP / THOMAS COEX
Une irrépressible envie de liberté se profile
Bords de la Garonne dans Bordeaux bondés... Bords de la seine et du Canal Saint Martin gavés de monde... Rives du canal du Midi interdites après avoir été envahies samedi... Communes de bord de Méditerranée sous confinement et stations de montagne des Alpes maritimes surchargées... Partout le même phénéomène : le besoin de sortir a été plus fort que la peur de la COVID.
