A grand fireworks and drones display lit up the night sky around the Eiffel Tower in Paris in celebration of Bastille Day (July 14).

The annual celebration marks the storming of the Bastille in 1789, a key moment that sparked the French Revolution and led to the fall of the monarchy. Thousands gathered at the Champ de Mars in Paris to witness the show.

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