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The Seine's peak flood reached 4.25 metres in Paris on Saturday, while the famous Zouave statue on the Pont de l'Alma had its feet in the water. IMAGES
General scenery of North Korea seen across the border from South Korea after Pyongyang said it had succeeded in putting a military spy satellite in orbit. IMAGES
SpaceX's 'Starship' rocket, the largest ever built, takes off from the space company's Texas launch site. CEO Elon Musk hopes the ship will one day colonize Mars and NASA is awaiting a modified version to land humans on the Moon. The first test in April ended in a spectacular explosion over the Gulf of Mexico. IMAGES
Two Russian cosmonauts, Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub, and American astronaut Loral O'Hara rocket toward the International Space Station as tensions between Moscow and Washington rise over Ukraine. The crew is expected to dock at the ISS three hours later. The launch comes after Russia's first lunar mission in nearly 50 years failed last month. IMAGES