Pedestrians pass by the security barriers and fencing placed around the Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral on the eve ahead of its official reopening after more than five-year of reconstruction work following the April 15, 2019 fire, in Paris, on December 6, 2024. The Notre-Dame Cathedral is set to re-open early December 2024, with a planned weekend of ceremonies on December 7 and 8, 2024, five years after the 2019 fire which ravaged the world heritage landmark and toppled its spire. Some 250 companies and hundreds of experts were mobilised for the five-year restoration costing hundreds of millions of euros. (Photo by JULIEN DE ROSA / AFP)