France

The victory calls attention to the role of racein the selection of national players.

• By Joseph Downing

Presnel Kimpembe and Thomas Lemar of France celebrate in the rain after victory in the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

People fly kites during the 32nd International Kite Festival at the beach of Berck-sur-Mer, northern France, on April 18th, 2018.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

Members of a railway union hold flares during a protest against the reform of the French state-owned railway company SNCF in Paris, France, on March 12th, 2018.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

A round-up of images from Viewfinder, Pacific Standard's daily photo feature.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

A pile of tires burns as prison officers demonstrate in front of Villefranche-sur-Saône prison in Lyon, France, on January 15th, 2018.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

A round-up of images from Viewfinder, Pacific Standard's daily photo feature.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

French farmers march their animals through the streets of Lyon on October 9th, 2017, to draw attention to rising wolf attacks on sheep herds, and to protest the government's plan for an organized cull.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

A round-up of images from Viewfinder, Pacific Standard's daily photo feature.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

A protester watches a burning traffic circle while union trade members block trucks on September 25th, 2017, in Donges, France, to protest the government's labor law.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

The shoes of French president's wife Brigitte Macron (left) are pictured next to the Greek guard's shoes during a welcoming ceremony at the presidential palace in Athens, on September 7th, 2017.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

Migrants walk next to the Roya River on August 8th, 2017, in Ventimiglia, close to the French border.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

A round-up of images from Viewfinder, Pacific Standard's daily photo feature.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

A fire-fighting Canadair aircraft flies to drop water over a fire near Carros, southeastern France, on July 24th, 2017.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

Firefighters use a hose to spray water as they fight against a fire in Castagniers, France, on July 17th, 2017.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

French populists are already seeing into the next decade.

• By Massoud Hayoun

An Exocet missile undergoes testing on May 30th, 2017, in western France.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

A man works in a production line of the Nestle Purina plant on May 18th, 2017, in central France.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

France has been actively grappling with its identity, and this election was one piece of this inward engagement

• By Donna A. Patterson

But legislative elections in June may force the center-left candidate to work with French rightists.

• By Massoud Hayoun

Whatever courts in the #JusticePourThéo case rule, analysts fear the incident may embolden the French — and global — populist far right.

• By Massoud Hayoun

And what to make of his indictment of the xenophobia plaguing Europe’s left.

• By Massoud Hayoun

• By Ryan Jacobs

How will France's new regulations on models' weight affect a growing population of people with eating disorders?

• By Julie Morse