Soldiers patrol by the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. Anticipating a fifth straight weekend of violent protests, Paris' police chief said that armored vehicles and thousands of officers will be deployed again in the French capital this weekend.
People wearing yellow vests demonstrate in Peyrorade, southwestern France. French President Emmanuel Macron is calling for "calm" and "order" ahead of promised new protests by the broad yellow-vest movement after rioting in recent weeks.
Police armored vehicles stand ready during clashes in Paris, France. Crowds of protesters angry at President Emmanuel Macron and France's high taxes tried to converge on the presidential palace some scuffling with police firing tear gas, amid exceptional security measures aimed at preventing a repeat of last week's rioting.
Riot police officers stand behind a burning trash bin during clashes in Marseille, southern France.
Police officers clash with demonstrators in Lyon, central France. The grassroots movement began as resistance against a rise in taxes for diesel and gasoline, but quickly expanded to encompass frustration at stagnant incomes and the growing cost of living.
Demonstrators gesture on the blocked highway in Biarritz, southwestern France. The grassroots movement began as resistance against a rise in taxes for diesel and gasoline, but quickly expanded to encompass frustration at stagnant incomes and the growing cost of living. Offshoot movements have emerged elsewhere, and yellow-vest protests were held in Belgium and the Netherlands.
A man walks near a coffee shop whose windows are broken in Paris. Paris monuments reopened, cleanup workers cleared debris and shop owners tried to put the city on its feet again, after running battles between yellow-vested protesters and riot police left 71 injured and caused widespread damage to the French capital.
Yellow vests hang on the rooftop and at windows of an apartment building in Marseille, southern France. Across the country, France is mobilizing some 89,000 police, up from 65,000 last weekend when more than 130 people were injured and over 400 arrested as protests degenerated into the worst street violence to hit Paris in decades.
Workers carry a wooden piece to protect shop windows on the Champs-Elysees avenue in Paris. Many shop owners across the French capital are getting ready for the violence, setting up walls with carton boards to protect their windows. The Arc de Triomphe is seen in background.
A group of demonstrators wearing their yellow vest talk to a truck driver as they occupy a traffic circle, outside La Mede oil refinery, near Martigues, southeastern France.
A group of demonstrators wearing their yellow vest occupy a traffic circle, outside La Mede oil refinery, near Martigues, southeastern France.
A group of demonstrators wearing their yellow vest occupy a traffic circle, outside La Mede oil refinery, near Martigues, southeastern France.
A group of demonstrators wearing their yellow vest occupy a traffic circle outside La Mede oil refinery, near Martigues, southeastern France. Trade unions and farmers pledged to join nationwide protests against President Emmanuel Macron, as concessions by the government failed to stem the momentum of the most violent demonstrations France has seen in decades. On poster reads: Macron resigns, National Assembly dissolution. People suffering.
French riot police officers remove a barricade that was set sup outside the French oil giant Total fuel depot in Gennevilliers, outside Paris. The concessions made by French president Emmanuel Macron's government in a bid to stop the huge and violent anti-government demonstrations seemed to have failed to convince protesters, with trade unions and disgruntled farmers now threatening to join the fray.
A demonstrators stand in front of a makeshift barricade set up by the so-called yellow jackets to block the entrance of a fuel depot in Le Mans, western France.
A demonstrator wearing a yellow vest waves the French flag while another one sets up a barrier on a motorway near Aix-en-Provence, southeastern France.
Demonstrators wearing yellow vests blow into small horns as they open the toll gates on a motorway near Aix-en-Provence, southeastern France.
Demonstrators, known as the yellow jackets, burn wooden pallets as they block the entrance of a fuel depot in Le Mans, western France.
Demonstrators stand in front of a makeshift barricade set up by the so-called yellow jackets to block the entrance of a fuel depot in Le Mans, western France.
A demonstrator wearing a yellow vest rests as protesters open the toll gates on a motorway near Aix-en-Provence, southeastern France.
Demonstrators stand near a makeshift barricade set up by the so-called yellow jackets to block the entrance of a fuel depot in Le Mans, western France.
A demonstrator stands in front of a makeshift barricade set up by the so-called yellow jackets to block the entrance of a fuel depot in Le Mans, western France with banner reading "Stop the Government racket". French government's decision to suspend fuel tax and utility hikes did little to appease protesters, who called the move a "first step" and vowed to fight on after large-scale rioting in Paris last weekend.
Riot police officers guard the National Assembly in Paris. Ambulance workers took to the streets and gathered close to the National Assembly in downtown Paris to complain about changes to working conditions as French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe is holding crisis talks with representatives of major political parties in the wake of violent anti-government protests that have rocked Paris.
Ambulance workers block the Place de la Concorde and hold a board reading "The State killed me", in Paris.
Ambulance workers block the Place de la Concorde in Paris. Ambulance workers took to the streets and gathered close to the National Assembly in downtown Paris to complain about changes to working conditions as French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe is holding crisis talks with representatives of major political parties in the wake of violent anti-government protests that have rocked Paris.
A broken sculpture of Marianne, symbol of the French Repupblic, appears damaged in the gallery inside the Arc de Triomphe during a demonstration in Paris. A French protest against rising taxes and the high cost of living turned into a riot in Paris as police fired tear gas and water cannon in street battles with activists wearing the fluorescent yellow vests of a new movement.
Demonstrators use street barriers to shieled from water cannons during a demonstration in Paris.
Avenues leading to the Arc de Triomphe are pictured from the top of the Arc de Triomphe on the Champs-Elysees avenue during a demonstration in Paris. A French protest against rising taxes and the high cost of living turned into a riot in Paris as police fired tear gas and water cannon in street battles with activists wearing the fluorescent yellow vests of a new movement.
Workers clean up the street as they remove burned motorcycles, near the Arc de Triomphe, in Paris.
A man takes a snapshot of charred cars the day after a demonstration, near the Arc de Triomphe, in Paris.
A charred car is pictured the day after a demonstration, near the Arc de Triomphe, in Paris. A protest against rising taxes and the high cost of living turned into a riot in the French capital, as activists torched cars, smashed windows, looted stores and tagged the Arc de Triomphe with multi-colored graffiti.
Demonstrators open the toll gates on motorway near Biarritz, southwestern France. Poster reads: Americans have Donald, French have Scroog, top, and remove your toll subscription.
Demonstrators open the toll gates on motorway near Biarritz, southwestern France. French President Emmanuel Macron is trying to defuse protests over rising fuel taxes by explaining his plans to wean the country off fossil fuels and promising to shift out of cheap nuclear energy more slowly. Poster reads: Americans have Donald, French have Scroog.
Demonstrators, called the yellow jackets, stand at a crossing in Port de Bouc, southern France, as they protest against the rising of the fuel taxes. French President Emmanuel Macron says the government will find a way to delay tax increases on fuel during periods when world oil prices are rising.
A bulldozer cleans the street from a barricade in the aftermath of a protest against the rising of the fuel taxes at the Champs Elysees avenue in Paris, France. Tag on the barricade reads, "Macron resignation".
A bulldozer levels the barricade in the aftermath of a protest against the rising of the fuel taxes at the Champs Elysees avenue in Paris, France.
A man takes a photograph with his mobile phone of a smashed window at the Champs Elysees avenue in Paris, France in the aftermath of a protest against the rising of the fuel taxes. French President Emmanuel Macron has condemned violence by protesters at demonstrations against rising fuel taxes and his government.
A protester is dragged away and arrested by a police officer after she was seen with others blocking the traffic in Sainte Marie, while protesting against the rising of the fuel and oil prices, in the Indian Ocean island of Reunion. France is deploying soldiers to stem violence in the Indian Ocean island of Reunion after protests over fuel tax hikes degenerated into looting and rioting.
Stones and debris used as a barricade by protesters, called the "yellow jackets", lie on the highway leading to the airport in Sainte Marie, as they protest against the rising of the fuel and oil prices, in the Indian Ocean island of Reunion. France is deploying soldiers to stem violence in the Indian Ocean island of Reunion after protests over fuel tax hikes degenerated into looting and rioting.
Protesters called the "yellow Jackets" face riot police officers as they block a crossroads to protest against the rising of the fuel and oil prices, in Fos-sur-Mer, southern France. The protests reflect broader frustration at President Emmanuel Macron, whose government is sticking to the fuel tax rise as part of efforts to clean up the environment.
Protesters wearing yellow jackets wave a French flag and a poster reading "Free toll" as they open the toll gates on a motorway in Antibes, southern France.
Protesters wearing yellow jackets, one holding a poster reading "Free toll", open the toll gates on a motorway in Antibes, southern France.
A protester wears a yellow jackets and holds a poster reading "Free toll", as demonstrators open the toll gates on a motorway in Antibes, southern France. The protests reflect broader frustration at President Emmanuel Macron, whose government is sticking to the fuel tax rise as part of efforts to clean up the environment.
