France celebrated its biggest holiday Monday with 7,000 people marching, on horseback or riding armored vehicles along the cobblestones of the Champs-Elysees, the most iconic avenue in Paris.

France is marking its biggest national holiday, Bastille Day, with a spectacular display of military might and national pride, featuring swooping warplanes, axe-carrying warriors, and a drone light show over the Eiffel Tower. Celebrations are planned across the country, culminating in fireworks in nearly every French town.