Catholics attend a solemn procession at Notre Dame Cathedral square ahead of Saint Mary's day in Paris, France, August 14, 2020. REUTERS/Charles Platiau
PARIS (Reuters) - French Catholics defied coronavirus woes and marched in a procession on Friday towards the Notre-Dame Cathedral as part of a weeks-long pilgrimage even as the government declared Paris a high-risk zone.
Government data showed more than 2,500 new infections of the novel coronavirus in France for the third day in a row.
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