France held its annual Bastille Day parade with a traditional military march down the Champs Elysees in Paris under the gaze of French president Francois Hollande on Sunday.<br/> <br />Guests of honour this year included United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and Malian President Dioncounda Traore.<br/> <br />Mali's Traore was invited to watch the parade with Hollande in the presidential podium to mark France's military operation against al Qaeda fighters in the North African country earlier this year.<br/> <br />An aerobatic display team flew overhead, trailing smoke in the colours of the French flag - red, white and blue.<br/> <br />The display ended with paratroopers landing at the Place de la Concorde.
