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- Thieves broke into a museum on the French Riviera and stole two Pierre-Auguste Renoir paintings.
- President Emmanuel Macron was nearby, presiding over a conference on preserving filmmaking.
- The robbery follows the Louvre crown-jewels heist last October and a series of thefts across France.
- Langres mayor Théo Caviezel said a “collective psychosis” is emerging.
- Thieves also stole gold and silver coins from the Denis Diderot museum in Langres.
