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The Paris demonstration for women's rights and gender equality is marred by jostling between pro-Palestinian and pro-Israel activists. IMAGES
Hundreds of people gather in Rennes, northern France, for a demonstration 'against austerity, for wages and gender equality', as part of a nationwide movement called by an inter-union coalition. IMAGES
Thousands gather in Paris for a demonstration calling for an end to gender violence and femicide in a country where at least 116 women have been killed by present or former partners this year. The march in the French capital began near the main opera house with several protesters holding up signs of a relative or friend killed in gender violence. IMAGES
A tense confrontation between pro-Palestinian demonstrators and around fifty pro-Israeli demonstrators broke out in front of the Sciences Po Paris campus, as a pro-Palestinian mobilisation had been disrupting the smooth running of the school for two days. IMAGES
French riot police are positioned on the outskirts of rue Saint-Guillaume as the pro-Palestinian protest continues at elite Sciences Po university in Paris. Students blocked the main entrance to the campus, demanding "a clear condemnation of Israel's actions by Sciences Po". IMAGES
Pro-Palestinian protests continue at Sciences Po Paris, where students are blocking the main entrance to the school's historic building. IMAGES