Louvre and other major Paris museums to close Saturday over fears of protest violence

The Louvre and several other major Paris museums will be closed on Saturday over concerns about potential violence during planned protests, France's culture ministry said. In a statement to The Associated Press, the ministry said the Orsay and Picasso museums were also among those that will close. The ministry gave concern about potential violence during the planned protests as the reason for the shutdown. The Louvre is among the institutions affected.

Left-leaning, alternative and right-leaning outlets give the same core account, and none of the available text shows a factual dispute. The Washington Post, on the left, and AP, in the alternative group, use the same headline, which names concern about protest violence. The Post's excerpt does not name the ministry, while AP's attributes the information to a ministry statement given to AP. Newsmax, on the right, uses a shorter headline that says the museums will shut over protests and leaves out the word violence, though its opening text matches AP's. Only AP's excerpt names the Orsay and Picasso museums.