Photos: Violence on a sixth day of protests in France
A youth kicks a tear gas grenade during clashes with authorities. Some airliners steered clear of France, drivers searched for gasoline and police clashed with increasingly violent youths amid a new round of nationwide strikes and protests over a bill raising the retirement age to 62. (Laurent Cipriani / Associated Press)
A riot police officer stands by a fire during a high school students’ demonstration. Students have been demonstrating in many cities to protest the new pension law that raises the retirement age from 60 to 62 years. (Oliver Chassignole / EPA)
High school students demonstrate in Thionville. Demonstrations are expected in many French cities during a new day of protests that have disrupted trains, flights and fuel distribution. (Max Pierre / EPA)
A woman runs past a devastated shoe shop during clashes in Lyon. Police clashed with stone-throwing youths. (Laurent Cipriani / Associated Press)
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Workers and students demonstrate and shout slogans. French unions have called for a day of strikes as the protests against the government’s pension reform plans continued. The protested reform has passed the National Assembly and will be voted on in the Senate on Wednesday. (Guillaume Horcajuelo / EPA)
Smoke bombs are ignited by demonstrators. (Guillaume Horcajuelo / EPA)
Firefighters extinguish burning cars during a high school students’ demonstration. (Olivier Chassignole / EPA)
A woman shouts slogans during a demonstration. Masked youths clashed with police and set fires in cities across France on Tuesday as protests against a proposed hike in the retirement age took an increasingly radical turn. Hundreds of flights were canceled, long lines formed at gas stations and train service in many regions was cut in half. (Thibault Camus / Associated Press)
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Steel workers demonstrate. (Claude Paris / Associated Press)
