Paris — The Louvre will remain closed for a second day running on Monday, management told AFP, after thieves stole crown jewels from the museum in Paris a day earlier.

"The museum is not opening today," a museum official told AFP.

A sign at the museum told visitors the museum remained closed due to "exceptional circumstances" and said all visitors with tickets for the day would be reimbursed.

"The museum is closed for the whole day," a member of staff told visitors.

Shortly before the announcement, queues of impatient visitors snaked their way across the museum's pyramid courtyard and under the arches of the main entrance gallery.

French police walk near the glass Pyramid of the Louvre Museum as the museum remains closed the day after a jewel heist by thieves who broke into the

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