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Senior editor Michelle Baran arrived in Paris on Nov. 18, six days after terrorists killed 129 people and injured scores more. Security forces were omnipresent at tourism sites throughout Paris, she writes, including at the Louvre. Photo Credit: Michelle Baran

Art lovers could practically walk right into one of the world’s most treasured museums with almost no wait. Photo Credit: Michelle Baran

From the Eiffel Tower to the Louvre, from Sacre Coeur to Notre Dame Cathedral, the number of tourists milling about this week represented a small fraction of what one would expect to see in Paris on even the slowest days of the tourist season. Three of the four pillars of the Eiffel Tower remained closed on Wednesday. Photo Credit: Michelle Baran

Armed guards patrolled outside of the Musee D'Orsay. Photo Credit: Michelle Baran

At Sacre Coeur, visitors posed for pictures while police stood nearby. Photo Credit: Michelle Baran

Not all tourists had vanished from Paris in the wake of the attacks, including those on this Seine River sightseeing cruise, which sailed past the Louvre at sunset. Photo Credit: Michelle Baran