Russia pushes back at France over media credentials for Paris Games 

France's President Emmanuel Macron gives a speech next to International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach and others during a reception for international journalists accredited for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, July 22, 2024. AFP Lebanese photographer Christina Assi (C) helped by AFP video journalist Dylan Collins (L), waves after receiving the Olympic flame during the Olympic Torch Relay in Vincennes, near Paris, July 21, 2024, ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

As part of France’s preparations for the Summer Games, a journalist for the French news agency AFP on Sunday carried the Olympic torch in honor of media workers harmed on the front lines.