American fashion model Simone Thompson, better known as Slick Woods attends The Daily Front Row's 5th Annual Fashion Los Angeles Awards at Beverly Hills Hotel on March 17, 2019 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)

It is already one of the world’s most iconic cities, but this incredible collection shows how much Paris has changed over the course of the past century. The collection, by French photographer Julien Knez, shows Paris in the 1940s against a backdrop of how the same places look today. Knez says he put the striking collection together to celebrate the 71st anniversary of the city’s liberation from Nazi control in August 1944. Here: Soldiers outside the Hotel De Ville in the 1940s. (Photo by Julien Knez/Caters News)

A participant in costume and make-up poses for a photo during a Halloween parade at Walibi park in Wavre, Belgium, October 31, 2018. (Photo by Yves Herman/Reuters)

American actress Dakota Johnson at the Red-Carpet World Premiere of Columbia Pictures' MADAME WEB at the Regency Village Westwood Theater on February 12, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Stewart Cook/Getty Images for Sony Pictures)

American model Hailey Bieber attends the 2025 GQ Men Of The Year at Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles, California, U.S., November 13, 2025. (Photo by Aude Guerrucci/Reuters)

Bella Thorne is seen at Coachella on April 14, 2019 in Indio, California. (Photo by Hollywood To You/Star Max/GC Images)

People watch an eruption of the South East volcano of Etna is seen from the village of Nicolosi, Italy February 10, 2022. (Photo by Antonio Parrinello/Reuters)

(L to R) British model Leomie Anderson, English singer and television presenter Rochelle Humes, British television presenter from Blackburn AJ Odudu and English television, radio presenter and DJ Maya Jama attend the GQ Men Of The Year Awards in association with BOSS after party at The House of MOTY on November 16, 2022 in London, England. (Photo by David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Images)