France's Macron wins new term after far-right battle | In pics

Emmanuel Macron comfortably defeated far-right rival Marine Le Pen on Sunday, heading off a political earthquake for Europe but acknowledging dissatisfaction with his first term and saying he would seek to make amends. His supporters erupted with joy as the results appeared on a giant screen at the Champ de Mars park by the Eiffel tower.(With inputs from Reuters, AFP)

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French President Emmanuel Macron is set to begin efforts to unite a deeply divided nation after winning re-election on Sunday in a battle against rival Marine Le Pen that saw the far right come its closest yet to taking power. (REUTERS)

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Emmanuel Macron, France's president, right, and wife Brigitte Macron celebrate on stage. Centrist Macron won around 58.6 percent of the vote in the second-round run-off compared with Le Pen's 41.4 percent, according to official results from the Interior Ministry. (Bloomberg)

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Supporters of Emmanuel Macron, France's president, celebrate following the second round of voting in the French presidential election. Macron is the first French president in two decades to win a second term, but his latest victory over his far-right rival was narrower than their last face-off in 2017, when the margin was 66.1 percent to 33.9 percent. (Bloomberg)

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In his victory speech on the Champ de Mars in central Paris, Macron promised his next five-year term would respond to the frustrations of voters who backed Le Pen. "An answer must be found to the anger and disagreements that led many of our compatriots to vote for the extreme right," he told thousands of cheering supporters. (AP)

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Meanwhile, several hundred demonstrators took to the streets in some French cities to protest Macron's re-election and Le Pen's score.  (AFP)

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Protesters hold a banner reading "a need for revolution" in Nantes on April 24, 2022, following the results of the French presidential elections. (Photo by Loic VENANCE / AFP)

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For Le Pen, a third defeat in a presidential poll will be a bitter pill to swallow after she ploughed years of effort into making herself electable and distancing her party from the legacy of its founder, her father Jean-Marie Le Pen, reports AFP. (AFP)

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People attend a demonstration after the announcement of results of the 2022 French presidential election in Lyon, France. (REUTERS)

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Emmanuel Macron kisses the hand of Egyptian opera singer Farrah El Dibany after his victory in France's presidential election, at the Champ de Mars in Paris. ((Ludovic MARIN / AFP))