A ceremony has been held in Paris for the police officer shot dead by an Islamist extremist on the Champs-Elysees last week.
The two remaining French presidential candidates, Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen, were among the politicians and officials paying their respects in a courtyard at police headquarters.
The capital's mayor, Anne Hidalgo, and former President Nicolas Sarkozy were also there.
Xavier Jugele, 37, was hit by two bullets to the head after a Frenchman born in the Paris suburbs, Karim Cheurfi, opened fire on the crowded boulevard with a Kalashnikov assault rifle.
Cheurfi, who was shot dead by police, also wounded two other officers.
More than 50,000 police and soldiers were "fully mobilised" afterwards.
The attack came just three days before the first round of voting in the French presidential elections.
Islamic State said it was to blame.
In his eulogy at the ceremony, Mr Jugele's partner Etienne Cardiles said: "I suffer without hatred."
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