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TOPSHOT - Members of the National Gendarmerie Intervention Group (GIGN) and a police dog line up aboard a French Army aircraft to jump during a parachute drop exercise in Orleans, on June 23, 2025. The GIGN intervention force, the elite unit of the National Gendarmerie, counts some 80 "operational jumpers", trained to quickly and discreetly carry out operations into delicate situations, such as hostage-takings or the evacuation of French nationals from abroad. (Photo by JULIEN DE ROSA / AFP) (Photo by JULIEN DE ROSA/AFP via Getty Images)