A man has sparked outrage after he used the memorial flame at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Paris to light a cigarette.
A video posted on social media shows him crouching down to light his cigarette from the eternal flame that sits at the top of the monument in the French capital, surrounded by stunned onlookers.
Wearing a dark top, white trousers and a backpack he stands up afterwards and casually walks off while stepping over the low chain link fence that surrounds the tomb.