Demonstrators lit fires after French President announced controversial bill has been signed into law
French President Emmanuel Macron has signed into law the pension reform raising the retirement age, prompting more violent protests in Paris
Here: A fire is seen as French police operate during a demonstration following a special address to the nation by Mr Macron, his first since passing the highly controversial law
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Bins were set alight during the violence with burnt rubbish left strewn on the roads
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A protestor holds a pan in front of burning bins in front Paris' 10th district city hall on Tuesday
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People bang pots and pans and burning palettes during the latest protest
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French riot police walk next to fires ignited during clashes between police and protesters
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A police officer in riot gear removes barbed wire next to a panel reading 'Macron, get out or else ransacking' on March 24, at a barricade and fires as protesters block the access to the Frontignan oil depot
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Bordeaux's mayor Pierre Hurmic stands in front of the burnt door of Bordeaux's city hall on March 24
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Graffiti on a wall in Paris. The French presidency was forced to postpone King Charles III's visit at the end of March due to the violence
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A protester cowers as a police officer aims their baton towards them during a demonstration on March 23
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Police officers scuffle with protesters during a demonstration in Lyon, central France
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Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said that there had been 903 fires lit in the streets of Paris during by far the most violent day of protests since they began in January
A newspaper kiosk burns beside the Place de l'Opera on the sidelines of a demonstration in Paris on Thursday evening
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A protester jumps on uncollected garbage in Toulous on March 23. Opinion polls show a wide majority of voters are opposed to delaying retirement age by two years to 64
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Rubbish collectors went on strike for more than a fortnight in several French cities, meaning that huge amounts of uncollected refuse clogged the streets
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A protester kicks a tear gas grenade back at anti-riot police officers during a rally on a nationwide action day on March 23
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Police officers were sent out in riot gear in an attempt to quell the disturbances in March
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One of the items most frequently added to protesters' garbage fires is the e-scooter, a divisive issue in Paris
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Firefighters sift through broken glass, charred garbage cans and shattered bus stops after violent clashes between black-clad anarchists and police throughout March
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At least 441 police officers were injured and 475 people were arrested in one night
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The heavy wooden door of the elegant Bordeaux City Hall was set afire on March 23 and quickly destroyed
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Police have been pelted by Molotov cocktails, objects and fireworks, have charged multiple times and used tear gas to disperse rioters
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The crisis has seen some of France's worst street violence in years
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A protestor poses with a slogan which reads in French: 'Me Raoul, I am not a prisoner of your system'
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