Photos: Bastille Day fireworks light up Eiffel Tower, Paris sky

Medics in white coats replaced uniformed soldiers as stars of France’s Bastille Day ceremonies Tuesday, as the usual grandiose military parade in Paris was recalibrated to honour medics who died fighting COVID-19, supermarket cashiers, postal workers and other heroes of the pandemic. before officials handed her a spare. Bastille Day, France's national day, dates back to the 1789 revolution, when citizens stormed the Bastille fortress, a prison that had become a symbol of the harsh rule of the monarchy. Traditionally, the holiday is rounded off with a fireworks display, with thousands gathering around the Eiffel Tower to watch. The fireworks went ahead this year, but the area around the tower was closed to the public. ...read more

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The Eiffel Tower is pictured after the fireworks celebrating the Bastille Day, late Tuesday, July 14, 2020. (AP)

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Fireworks illuminate the Eiffel Tower in Paris during Bastille Day celebrations late Tuesday, July 14, 2020. Bastille Day marks the July 14, 1789, storming of the Bastille prison by angry Paris crowds that helped spark the French Revolution. (AP)

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People attend the fireworks display by the Eiffel Tower in Paris during Bastille Day celebrations late Tuesday, July 14, 2020. (AP)

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Fireworks illuminate the Eiffel Tower in Paris during Bastille Day celebrations late Tuesday, July 14, 2020. Bastille Day, France’s national day, dates back to the 1789 revolution. (AP)

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Paris’ Eiffel Tower lights up as fireworks are set off during Bastille Day celebrations late Tuesday, July 14, 2020. On Bastille Day, French citizens had stormed the Bastille fortress, a prison that had become a symbol of the harsh rule of the monarchy. (AP)

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For Bastille Day celebrations, fireworks are set off illuminating the Eiffel Tower in Paris late Tuesday, July 14, 2020. (AP)

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The Parisian sky and rooftops light up as fireworks illuminate them during Bastille Day celebrations late Tuesday, July 14, 2020. (AP)

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Fireworks are seen near the Eiffel Tower, in a picture taken from the Montparnasse Tower Observation Deck, at the end of Bastille Day celebrations in Paris, France, July 14, 2020. Traditionally, the holiday is rounded off with a fireworks display, with thousands gathering around the Eiffel Tower to watch. (REUTERS)

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Fireworks explode near the Eiffel Tower, in a picture taken from the Montparnasse Tower Observation Deck, at the end of Bastille Day celebrations in Paris, France, July 14, 2020. The fireworks went ahead this year, but the area around the tower was closed to the public. (REUTERS)

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Multi-coloured fireworks burst into the sky near the Eiffel Tower, in a picture taken from the Montparnasse Tower Observation Deck, at the end of Bastille Day celebrations in Paris, France, July 14, 2020. (REUTERS)