Photos:: Paris’ love locks being removed

A Paris city employee uses a grinder to cut locks from a street lamp on the Pont des Arts in Paris.   (Remy de la Mauviniere / AP)

The tip of the Eiffel tower appears through a gap in lock-cluttered railing of the famed Pont des Arts bridge in Paris on June 1, 2015.

A Paris city employee removes a railing loaded with locks on the Pont des Arts in Paris.

Love locks on Pont des Arts before being removed in Paris.   (STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN / AFP/Getty Images)

After the love locks were removed from Pont des Arts in Paris.   (STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN / AFP/Getty Images)

Love locks attached to the Pont des Arts in Paris.   (ETIENNE LAURENT / EPA)

A couple locks a padlock to the Pont des Arts on May 29, 2015, in Paris.

Love locks cover much of the railings on Paris’ famous footbridge, the Pont des Arts. A 5-foot section of the parapet collapsed under the weight last year.   (Remy de la Mauviniere / AP)