Ali Akbar, the last newspaper hawker in Paris, is known by everyone as he zigzags through the streets daily from café to café, shouting humorous headlines in the heart of the French capital.
"France is getting better!" he cries, one of the many headlines he invents to sell his newspapers around the upmarket streets of Saint-German-des-Prés.
"[Eric] Zemmour has converted to Islam!" he shouts, referring to the far-right candidate at the 2022 presidential elections.
Locals and tourists watch amusingly along the Left Bank, the intellectual and cultural heart of Paris.
"Even the w
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