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Thousands of French Supporters Stand Up for Freedom of the Press

In Paris, a massive demonstration shows that the French will not be terrorized by the tragic attack on Charlie Hebdo

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This French Artist Found a Canvas Floating Above the Urban Skyline

French artist Thomas Lamadieu is inspired by what he doesn't see—specifically the empty spaces of sky that form in between city buildings.

Bananas in Paris? Maybe, With This Stylish Greenhouse

A French architecture firm wants to bring a vertical banana plantation into the city's center.

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Expanding the Shareable Economy to the Neighbors' Dirty Laundry

Would you pay a neighbor to do your laundry at his house? A French website tests the comfort zones of collaborative consumers.

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A 375 Year Old French Bank Forgives Debts of Paris' Poorest

"Our waiting room is like that of a hospital emergency room. Everyone comes to it at some point."

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Behold the Gorgeous Solar Farms of Le Mées, France

Forget about carbon, solar farms are also just really nice to look at.

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Feast Your Eyes: What Are French Schoolkids Having for Lunch?

While America's students eat corn syrup and cardboard, French students get organic endive salad and fillet of salmon with a lemon sauce.

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Image of the Day: Aquarium Phonebooth

Lighting designer Benoit Deseille and artist Benedetto Bufalino transformed this phone booth into an aquarium, as part of Lyon's Festival of Light.

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Feast Your Eyes: Drinking Around the World

A new World Health Organization report shows who's drinking what, where—and how it's killing them.

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Bike-Loving French City Wants to Lower Speed Limit to 18 mph Strasbourg, France to Make Speed Limit 30 Kmph

Strasbourg has a windy city center and a vision for shared streets. Residents will soon vote on lowering the speed limit to encourage more walking.

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Feast Your Eyes: On Cheap Food and Happiness

Do the benefits of cheap food outweigh its costs?

Transparency: GOOD's Most Popular Infographics of 2010

A look back at the infographics that drew the most attention, on topics from happiness to Burning Man

Transparency: Who Owns Antarctica

Why is the southernmost continent at the center of such contentious wrangling? We take a look at who owns what in Antarctica.