Lights, colours, action: France celebrates Bastille Day

France celebrate Bastille Day in on July 14. Celebrations are marked with fireworks lighting up the sky from the Eiffel Tower. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Updated on: Jul 16, 2015 3:04 AM IST

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France celebrate Bastille Day in on July 14. Celebrations are marked with fireworks lighting up the sky from the Eiffel Tower. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

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Fireworks light the skies above the Eiffel Tower in the French capital Paris, as part of France's annual Bastille Day celebrations. (AFP Photo)

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At the annual military parade Alpha Jets of the French Air Force, La Patrouille de France, release trails of blue, white and red smoke in the colours of the French national flag fly over the Champs Elysees. AFP Photo/ Alain Jocard)

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In a traditional beginning to the celebrations, French President Francois Hollande stands at attention in the command car as he reviews the troops while descending from the Champs Elysees. (Reuters/Mal Langsdon)

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

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As is the traditional end to the celebrations, the Eiffel Tower is illuminated in the colors of the French flag. (Reuters/Pascal Rossignol)

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Fireworks light up the sky near the Eiffel Tower to end the traditional Bastille Day celebrations in Paris. (Reuters)

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Fireworks light up the sky near the Eiffel Tower to end the traditional Bastille Day celebrations. (Reuters/Pascal Rossignol)

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Rio de Janeiro's landmark the Christ the Redeemer statue is lit with the colours of the French flag to celebrate Bastille Day. (AFP Photo/Vanderlei Almeida)

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