Photos: Eiffel tower reopens after 9 months

Eiffel tower reopens after 9 months Visitors take a selfie with a phone from the Eiffel Tower in Paris, Friday, July 16, 2021. The Eiffel Tower is reopening Friday for the first time in nine months, just as France faces new virus rules aimed at taming the fast-spreading delta variant. The "Iron Lady" was ordered shut in October as France battled its second surge of the virus. (AP Photo/Michel Euler) (Michel Euler/AP)