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A bus carrying protesters leaves the Lille area in northern France to take part in a protest in Paris. "Yellow vests" protesters, dressed in high-visibility jackets, are set to cause another day of disruption on Saturday amid calls to bring Paris to a standstill. IMAGES
Driving at snail's pace down the motorway and amassing at the tollgates in Le Boulou, a few kilometres from the Spanish border, France's farmers show little sign of abandoning their protest despite government concessions in response to a movement that has spread nationwide and elsewhere in Europe. IMAGES
Fires are lit on the streets and explosions heard in Paris as protests take place nationwide against France's new security law -- which would restrict the right of the press to broadcast images of police officers' faces -- despite the coronavirus pandemic. Demonstrators packed the capital's central Place de la Republique where the atmosphere was calmer and music was played. IMAGES
Paris, Jul 31 (EFE/EPA).- Opponents of French President Emmanuel Macron's response to a new wave of Covid-19 took to the streets Saturday for the third consecutive week and in larger numbers than previously.Nationwide, more than 204,000 people took part in demonstrations, according to the interior ministry, up from 110,000 on July 17 and 161,000 a week ago. (Camera: CHRISTOPHE PETIT-TESSON). SHOT LIST: PEOPLE OPPOSED TO THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT'S ANTI-PANDEMIC MEASURES PROTEST IN PARIS, FRANCE.
France was bracing for more clashes between demonstrators and police as unions mounted a nationwide protest against President Hollande's controversial bill for making hiring and firing workers easier. David Pollard reports.
French farmers are protesting outside the European Parliament in Strasbourg ahead of two votes on European agriculture, "so that Europe can find its agricultural compass". (COMPLETE VIDI34LA8JC_EN) IMAGES
French farmers bring tractor-trailer loaded with hay by the European Parliament in Strasbourg, to put pressure on European MPs ahead of two votes on European agriculture. IMAGES
French and Spanish farmers gather on their tractors in Biriatou, on the border between the two countries, with the aim of joining forces to make their demands heard, particularly at European level. IMAGES
Several hundred environmental activists enter a chemical plant in Pierre-Benite, Lyon, to protest against pollution. The action was organised by Extinction Rebelloion and Youth for Climate and saw protesters cutting through boundary fences, smash security equipment and unfurl a large banner from the site's roof reading "poison". IMAGES
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