In this photo taken Tuesday March 17 2020, a factory worker at the Licorne soap factory prepares boxes to be packed with soap an hour before nationwide confinement measures were set to go into effect in Marseille, southern France. Amid the rapid outbreak of the new coronavirus across Europe, the hallmark Marseille tradition of soap-making is enjoying a renaissance, as the French public rediscovers this essential local product. As French shops were ordered closed this week in…

March 19, 2020