A man takes a photograph of a broken window covered with a wooden panel at the Louvre Museum on October 20, 2025. The museum remains closed a day after a spectacular jewellery heist. Thieves broke into the landmark museum using a crane to smash an upstairs window and steal priceless jewellery from an area housing the French crown jewels, before escaping on motorbikes.
A jewellery heist at Paris' Louvre Museum has cast France in a "deplorable" light, Justice Minister Gerard Darmanin said on Monday as opposition politicians criticised the government for what they branded a national humiliation.
Thieves on Sunday broke into the Louvre, one of the world's most famous museums, using a crane to smash an upstairs window, then stealing priceless objects from an area that houses the French crown jewels before escaping on motorbikes.
