A knife-wielding attacker was shot in the leg by police in the run-up to yesterday's Tour de France finish in Rouen.

From Paris' sparkling Eiffel Tower and romantic Montmartre, down to Marseille's vibrant port and pastel-colored Panier ...

In an excerpt from his new book “Paris in Ruins,” critic Sebastian Smee breaks down the charged, extravagantly expressive portraits between the painters Berthe Morisot and Édouard Manet.