Time - USA (2019-12-23)

AN ICON BURNS

Paris was in flames months before the

April 15 blaze at Notre Dame. Protesters

enraged over President Emmanuel Macron’s

economic plans had smashed storefronts

and vandalized ATMs. But the smoke that

filled the sky that day seemed to give the

beleaguered city a sense of unity. Soon,

another battle took hold: How to rebuild?

PHOTOGRAPH BY VERONIQUE

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