A police officer pepper sprays a protester as another demonstrator stands in front of the race director's car, and more highlights from the Tour de France: reut.rs/2KWrsik 📷 Stéphane Mahé

Philippe Gillet, who lives with more than 400 reptiles and tamed alligators, gives chicken to his alligator Ali in his living room in Coueron, France, and more photos of the day: reut.rs/2xAKOQD 📷 Stéphane Mahé

❌ Cette photo n'a pas été prise aujourd'hui sur les Champs-Elysées. Elle date du 2 juin 2016 et a été prise à Nantes par le photographe Stéphane Mahé, de l'agence Reuters pictures.reuters.com/CS.aspx?VP3=Se… …

In this week's #ChattingThePictures, Michael & Cara look at a monumental shot of the #YellowVest uprising; a vivid and telling border crossing; and a Trump-Pelosi-Schumer showdown pic that stands apart. Watch now: bit.ly/2UIcQob 📷Stéphane Mahé Alkis Konstantinidis MichaelReynolds

Volunteers work in front of a World War II German battery at Longues-sur-Mer in Normandy, as France prepares to commemorate the 75th anniversary of D-Day. More photos of the day: reut.rs/2PRIsFS 📷 Stéphane Mahé

A heron is seen near the Sevres river in Vertou, France. More photos of the day: reut.rs/2mjEPxU 📷 Stéphane Mahé

People attend a protest against police brutality and the death of George Floyd, in Nantes, France. More photos of the day: reut.rs/2A8MMNJ 📷 Stephane Mahe

Mariners train to avoid another Suez Canal jam at a French school, maneuvering scale models of container ships through replicas of the global shipping trade's trickiest waterways and conditions: reut.rs/3nfQrNF 📷 Stéphane Mahé

As #Spain is fighting #wildfires, in southwestern #France one blaze has been burning underground since mid-July. "To this date, we don't have a clear answer as to how to stop it," an ONF agent said. Our Reuters report with Stéphane Mahé reuters.com/world/europe/s… #ClimateCrisis

Bombed Syrian family lands in France after long visa wait reut.rs/1YVoIjF via Reuters India

20 outstanding photos of the week theguardian.com/artanddesign/g… Eranga Jayawardena Stéphane Mahé Tom Jenkins Rodrigo Abd

20 standout photos from the week theguardian.com/artanddesign/g… Rodrigo Abd luis acosta Karim Sahib Stéphane Mahé

#French workers and #protestors stand by a burning #barricade at the entrance to an oil refinery in #Donges, #France

French farmer finds happiness in life before machines via Reuters Pictures reut.rs/2F5zlvH

Tear gas floats in the air as French police clash with eco-activists while clearing an abandoned airport site in Nantes, France reut.rs/2qmNEVT 📷 Stéphane Mahé

A protester uses a tennis racket to hit a tear gas canister as French police clash with eco-activists while clearing an abandoned airport site in Nantes, France reut.rs/2qmNEVT 📷 Stéphane Mahé

French police try to clear eco-activists and anarchists from a site in western France that had been planned as a new airport reut.rs/2JFfLbJ

Protesters clash with French gendarmes as an operation to clear squatters from an abandoned airport site evolves into a violent standoff: reut.rs/2qmNEVT 📷 Stéphane Mahé