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Activists splash soup on glass-protected Mona Lisa in Paris

French police officers keep watch outside of the Louvre museum, closed for security reasons, in Paris. Photo: Hindustan Times
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Louvre Museum shuts down amid bomb alert at Frances Palace of Versailles

Museum staff clean the protective glass with da Vinci's Mona Lisa behind it, after a visitor smeared it with cream, in Paris, France May 29, 2022 in this screen grab obtained from a social media video. Twitter/@Sara_Algaba via REUTERS
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Visitor throws cake at the 'Mona Lisa' in Paris' Louvre

Don't forget us! Paris tour guides protest outside Louvre
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Don't forget us! Paris tour guides protest outside Louvre

People line up at the Louvre Museum as the staff closed the museum during a staff meeting about the coronavirus outbreak, in Paris, France, March 1, 2020/ Reuters
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France closes the Louvre as virus spreads to new fronts

FILE PHOTO: A view shows tourists walking past the Louvre Pyramid designed by Chinese-born U.S. architect Ieoh Ming Pei outside the Louvre Museum in Paris, France, July 4, 2019. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau
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Paris' Louvre closes for staff meeting on coronavirus

The painting Salvator Mundi by School of Leonardo da Vinci is pictured during a press visit of the Leonardo da Vinci exhibition to commemorate the 500-year anniversary of his death, at the Louvre Museum in Paris, France, October 20, 2019/ Reuters
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