Anti-whaling activist Paul Watson gestures as he arrives at Roissy-Charles de Gaulle airport outside Paris, on December 20, 2024. Anti-whaling activist Paul Watson on December 20, 2024, arrived in France after having spent five months in detention in Denmark, an airport source told AFP. Watson, 74, was on December 17, 2024, released from detention after Denmark refused a Japanese extradition request over a 2010 clash with whalers. He landed at Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport shortly before 3.00 pm (1400 GMT), the source said. (Photo by JULIEN DE ROSA / AFP)