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This free course was written by Elodie Vialleton, with contributions from Kate Fairbairn.

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Figure 1: Elodie Vialleton using following from the Noun Project: Eiffel Tower by Cédric Villain, Atomium by Gerald Wildmoser; France map by Adrien Coquet; Flag of Quebec by Loïc Poivet; Mudejar Star by Evan Shuster; Fez hat by Savannah Vize

Activity 1: Eiffel Tower: John Towner on Unsplash; les bouquinistes: Roman Kraft / unsplash; Notre Dame: Marcel Strauß / unsplash; The Louvre: Julian Hochgesang on Unsplash; The Pompidou: Denys Nevozhai on Unsplash; The Arc de Triomphe: Rodrigo Kugnharski on unsplash; The Sacre-Coeur: Francisca Monteiro on Unsplash

Figure 2: Tomas Williams / unsplash

Figure 3: Didier Provost / unsplash

Figure 4: Yao Hu / unsplash

Figure 5: left: Jez Timms / unsplash; right: Siebe Warmoeskerken / unsplash

Figure 6: David Monniaux; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en

Figure 7: top left: Anthony Cantin / unsplash; top right: Clémence Bergougnoux / unsplash; bottom left: Weronika / unsplash; bottom right: Nicolas Prieto / unsplash

Figure 8: Jberkel; Based on mapsicon by Régis Freyd ; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en

Figure 9: Maeva Blue / unsplash

Figure 10: Haka Tas / unsplash

Figure 12: left: Shawn Dearn / unsplash; right: Rich Martello / unsplash

Figure 13: Jordan Rowland / unsplash

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