Oct. 20, 2010
Riot police clash with protesters in Lyon.
Laurent Cipriani-AP
Oct. 20, 2010
Protesters run from a burning truck during clashes with police officers in Lyon.
Michel Spingler-AP
Oct. 19, 2010
Striking workers hold a representation of French President Nicolas Sarkozy with a sticker reading "On strike" during a demonstration in Lille.
Yves Herman-Reuters
Oct. 19, 2010
A protest banner hangs from a bridge Marseille. It reads: "Blockade, sabotage, unannounced strike ... occupation, destruction, confinement. Let's fight armed with all our rage."
Anne-Christine Poujoulat-AFP/Getty Images
Oct. 19, 2010
Protesters holding union flags block traffic in Nice.
Valery Hache-AFP/Getty Images
Oct. 19, 2010
Police unleash tear gas to disperse high school students in Lyon.
Philippe Desmazes-AFP/Getty Images
Oct. 19, 2010
In Lyon, youths upend a recycling canister during their protest.
Philippe Desmazes-AFP/Getty Images
Oct. 19, 2010
In Paris, a car is overturned during clashes between demonstrators and police.
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Oct. 19, 2010
Travelers approach the Nice airport on foot because drivers of buses and taxis continued a nationwide strike.
Valery Hache-AFP/Getty Images
Oct. 15, 2010
A railway worker dressed as a cardinal demonstrates beside a coffin symbolizing the burial of the government's retirement reform in Nice.
Lionel Cironneau-AP
Oct. 15, 2010
A French railway worker protests in Nice.
Eric Gaillard-Reuters
Oct. 15, 2010
High school students heckle police officers in Lyon. French students intensified blockades of high schools and universities Friday, the fourth day of nationwide strikes over the government's retirement reform.
Laurent Cipriani-AP
Oct. 15, 2010
Sailors demonstrate on an emergency boat in Marseille.
Jean-Paul Pelissier-Reuters
Oct. 15, 2010
High school students shout slogans in Marseille.
Jean-Paul Pelissier-Reuters
Oct. 14, 2010
Railway workers in Nice vote on whether to strike.
Eric Gaillard-Reuters
Oct. 15, 2010
Students block access to Maurice Ravel high school in Paris. The banner reads, "Reform the government instead of the pensions."
Charles Platiau-Reuters
Oct. 14, 2010
Striking workers block oil tankers from entering Fos-sur-Mer's terminal. Protests beginning in late September stemmed from a plan to change management at the port, but French citizens are starting to fear a gasoline shortage.
Gerard Julien-AFP/Getty Images
Oct. 13
Employees of French oil giant Total vote at the group's refinery in Donges in western France to renew a strike as part of a nationwide protest against pension reform. More than a million people took to the streets in protest on Wednesday .
Frank Perry-AFP/Getty Images
Oct. 13
French union members block a fuel depot near the central French town of Clermont-Ferrand in Cournon-d'Auvergne.
Thierry Zoccolan-AFP/Getty Images
Oct. 13
Rail workers vote on whether to renew the strike at the train station in Nice, in southern France. Commuters fought their way onto packed subways and buses as a strike against President Nicolas Sarkozy's plan to raise the retirement age to 62 entered its second day.
Lionel Cironneau-AP
Oct. 13
Union workers participating in the strike block the entrance of the Grandpuits oil refinery east of Paris.
Francois Mori-AP
Oct. 13
Passengers enter a subway train in Paris, where striking workers disrupted the transport system for a second day.
Jacques Demarthon-AFP/Getty Images
Oct. 12, 2010
A student tries to strike a hanging dummy representing French President Nicolas Sarkozy during a demonstration in Nice. French unions staged a national day of strikes and demonstrations in opposition to the government's pension reforms.
Lionel Cironneau-AP
Oct. 2, 2010
People demonstrate during a nationwide strike over pension reforms in Paris. Families, students and private sector workers joined mass demonstrations on Saturday against the French government's pension reforms, and unions hoped as many as 3 million protesters would take to the streets.
Gonzalo Fuentes-Reuters
Oct. 12, 2010
Crowded platforms are seen at the Saint Lazare subway station in Paris as French unions stage strikes and demonstrations in opposition to the government's pension reforms. Train drivers launched an open-ended strike Monday night. They were joined by workers from throughout the French economy Tuesday.
Remy De La Mauviniere-AP
Oct. 7, 2010
Striking refinery workers block the entrance of the DPF oil refinery in Fos-sur-Mer, near Marseille.
Jean-Paul Pelissier-Reuters
Oct. 12, 2010
Private and public sector workers demonstrate over pension reforms in Marseille.
Jean-Paul Pelissier-Reuters
Oct. 12 , 2010
A police officer notes the number of demonstrators on a notepad as members of the private and public sectors demonstrate over pension reforms in Lille, northern France, during a nationwide strike over pension reforms.
Pascal Rossignol-Reuters
Oct. 12, 2010
A passenger looks at the information board at Nice International airport during a nationwide strike to protest against pension reform. Rail services, flights and sea ports ran below capacity as unions kept up their battle against a plan to make people work longer for their pensions, including raising the minimum retirement age to 62 from 60.
Eric Gaillard-Reuters
Oct. 12, 2010
A lone passenger walks through the Nice airport in southern France. Air and rail service throughout the country was disrupted by the protests -- the fourth in a month.
Lionel Cironneau-AP
Oct. 7, 2010
People sunbathe as oil and gas tankers are anchored off the Fos Lavera oil hub near Marseille. The French refinery had called an end to its strike after joining protests by a key oil port for just a few hours on Thursday, but it said it would resume them this week as part of nation-wide wrath over pension reforms.
Jean-Paul Pelissier-Reuters
Oct. 2, 2010
Boats disembark passengers from a cruise ship off Marseille. Two cruise ships were unable to enter the port, which was blocked by striking dockers.
Anne-Christine Poujoulat-AFP/Getty Images
Oct. 12, 2010
People demonstrate in Marseille, as part of a one-day nationwide action to protest against the government reform bill on pensions, edging closer to become a law.
Gerard Julien-AFP/Getty Images
Oct. 12, 2010
Commuters crowd into a train at the Gare du Nord railway station in Paris during a nationwide strike by French SNCF railway workers to protest against pension reform.
Gonzalo Fuentes-Reuters
Oct. 12, 2010
A man pushes a trolley on the tracks at the Nice train station.
Lionel Cironneau-AP
Oct. 2, 2010
Protesters shout slogans and carry a banner reading: "ongoing strike" as they demonstrate in Paris. Tuesday's strike was the fourth in a month.
Laurent Cipriani-AP
Oct. 6, 2010
French mayors and members of the French Communist Party, including, from left, Bernard Vera, Nicole Borvo Cohen-Seat, Pierre Laurent, Eliane Assassi, Marie-Agnes Labarre, Andr Gerin, Patrick Braouzec, Alain Bocquet and Fran ois Asensi, stand near trolleys before bringing post bags full of petitions against the pension reforms to the Elysee Palace in Paris.
Etienne Laurent-AFP/Getty Images
Oct. 12, 2010
Tourists wait for a train at the Nice railway station during a nationwide strike to protest against pension reform. The government train network, the National Railroad Co., said Tuesday that about 40 percent of its workers stayed away; commuter train and subway traffic was sharply reduced.
Eric Gaillard-Reuters
Oct. 2, 2010
Placards are displayed before a nationwide strike over pension reforms in Nantes. The placards read "Together, let us hear."
Stephane Mahe-Reuters
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