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Added on the 17/09/2020 16:21:40 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Several thousand demonstrators gather at the Trocadero in Paris, protesting against the extension of the 'health pass' and compulsory vaccination, following a call by the former number two of the Front National, Florian Philippot. IMAGES
Several thousand masked demonstrators defy social distancing orders and march from Paris's Place de la République to Nation, calling for better public service and higher wages. IMAGES
Hooded youths launch firebombs and firecrackers at police, as thousands demonstrate against a new round of austerity cuts in a 24-hour general strike that disrupted travel and shut down public services. IMAGES
Various organizations organize a march "against racism, Islamophobia, and the protection of all children," mixed with slogans in support of Palestinians, with thousands taking part in Paris. The courts have decided to suspend the prefectoral ban on this demonstration. IMAGES
Civil servants in Paris turn out in low numners to march in an attempt to wrest pay rises from the French government despite a tight budgetary situation. IMAGES
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).