Meet Ali Akbar, the last newspaper hawker in Paris

Pakistani born 73-year-old newspaper hawker Ali Akbar sells newspaper copies in the street of the Latin Quarter in Paris on September 16, 2025. Akbar, the last remaining newspaper vendor of the French capital, will be awarded by France's President as knight in the National Order of Merit. (Photo by Guillaume BAPTISTE / AFP)

PARIS, France — Ali Akbar knows everyone and everyone knows him: the last newspaper hawker in Paris. He zigzags each day from café to café, shouting humorous headlines in the heart of the French capital.

“France is getting better!” he cries. It’s just one of the headlines he invents to sell his wares around the upmarket streets of the city.

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