Audrey Tautou attends “La Delicatesse” Paris Premiere on December 13, 2011 in Paris, France. (Photo by Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images)

Ciara Sexton attends the premiere of “Lord Of The Dance 3D” held at The Cineworld Haymarket on March 10, 2011 in London, England.

An Afghan policeman stands guard in front of a French restaurant “Le Jardin” after a suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan January 2, 2016. A suicide attack on a French restaurant in the Afghan capital Kabul on Friday killed a 12-year-old boy and wounded more than a dozen other people, officials said. (Photo by Mohammad Ismail/Reuters)

The name “Aiguille du Midi” translates literally as “Needle of the Noon” or “Needle of the South”. It gets its name from its tapered form and from its position when viewed from Chamonix: it approximately indicates noon when the sun passes over its summit.

Katy Perry attends the premiere of “The Smurfs” at the Ziegfeld Theater on July 24, 2011 in New York City. (Photo by Jemal Countess/Getty Images)

Tiny Irons attends the UK Film Premiere of Anuvahood at Empire Leicester Square on March 15, 2011 in London, England.

Angela Griffin attends the UK premiere of Hop held at The Vue west end on March 20, 2011 in London, England.