![Toufik Doudou FILE - An empty view of the landmark martyrs monument which is seen empty after orders of home confinement to prevent the spread of coronavirus, in Algiers, Algeria, on March 24, 2020. While France celebrated the anniversary of victory over the Nazis on Wednesday May 8, 2024, Algeria commemorated a more somber anniversary: that of a crackdown by French colonial forces on Algerian independence activists, on that same day 79 years ago. (AP Photo/Toufik Doudou, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/19b04d02a15f4e808c798914aefb542e/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - An empty view of the landmark martyrs monument which is seen empty after orders of home confinement to prevent the spread of coronavirus, in Algiers, Algeria, on March 24, 2020. While France celebrated the anniversary of victory over the Nazis on Wednesday May 8, 2024, Algeria commemorated a more somber anniversary: that of a crackdown by French colonial forces on Algerian independence activists, on that same day 79 years ago. (AP Photo/Toufik Doudou, File)
![Johanna Geron French President Emmanuel Macron stands after laying a wreath of flowers at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier under the Arc de Triomphe, during a ceremony marking the 79th anniversary of the end of World War II, in Paris, Wednesday, May 8, 2024. (Johanna Geron, Pool via AP)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/daa556f38bb34cc0b4a5e86599ca42aa/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
French President Emmanuel Macron stands after laying a wreath of flowers at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier under the Arc de Triomphe, during a ceremony marking the 79th anniversary of the end of World War II, in Paris, Wednesday, May 8, 2024. (Johanna Geron, Pool via AP)