* The traditional parade returned to the Champs-Elysees after a one-year hiatus caused by the Covid pandemic
* One soldier, identified as Maximilien, proposed to his girlfriend on the cobblestoned avenue
* Virus fears are still lurking, but France's government decided to go ahead with the Bastille Day parade
* The holiday commemorates the storming of the Bastille prison in Paris on July 14, 1789, which marked the birth of the French Revolution
France celebrated Bastille Day with thousands of troops marching in the Paris parade, warplanes roaring overhead and traditional parties around the country, after last year's events were scaled back because of virus fears.
The traditional parade returned to the Champs-Elysees after a one-year hiatus caused by the Covid-19 pandemic - and one soldier even used the occasion to propose to his girlfriend on the cobblestoned avenue, kneeling and kissing her hand.
Two horses stumbled in the final stages of the celebrations, throwing their Republican Guard riders onto the pavement, but overall the day's main event went according to plan.
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