France picks a president

Supporters of Emmanuel Macron celebrate in front of the Pyramid at the Louvre Museum.

A man waves French national flags as he shakes hands with a driver on the Champs-Elysees in Paris following the announcement of Emmanuel Macron’s win on Sunday.

Emmanuel Macron casts his ballot at a polling station in Le Touquet, northern France, on Sunday. Macron won the French presidency in a second-round election.

Voters at a polling station in Quimper, western France.

Benedictine Sisters of the Sainte-Cecile Abbey take ballots before voting at a polling station in Solesmes, northwestern France, on Sunday.

Brigitte Trogneux, center, wife of French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron, shakes hands with supporters after voting in Le Touquet, northern France.

Soldiers patrol in the courtyard of the Louvre Museum in Paris on election day.

French far-right candidate Marine Le Pen, left, greets a voter at a polling station in Henin-Beaumont.

Emmanuel Macron waves as he and his wife, Brigitte Trogneux, leave the polling station in Le Touquet, northern France.

Police arrest a woman Sunday after the feminist activist group Femen unveiled a banner on a church in Henin-Beaumont, northwestern France, to protest National Front candidate Marine Le Pen.

Voters line up at a polling station in Quimper, western France.

Jean-Luc Melenchon, who was a hard-left candidate in the first round of the presidential election, casts his ballot in Paris on Sunday in the second round.

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy, left, and his wife, Carla Bruni, center, prepare to cast ballots at a polling station in Paris.

Voters line up at a polling station in Marseille, southern France.