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France is experiencing another day of nationwide strikes, two weeks after French President Emmanuel Macron forced a controversial pensions overhaul through Parliament.
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Major trade unions have promised to maintain protests until the government backs down on its proposed changes — which still need the approval of France’s Constitutional Council to become law. Macron has said he will not back down, leading to new scenes of dissent across the country Tuesday.
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Union members take part in a demonstration in Clermont-Ferrand, in central France.
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Youths take part in a demonstration in Marseille, in southeastern France.
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Railway workers demonstrate on the tracks at the Gare de Lyon train station in Paris.
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Protesters hold union flags during a demonstration in Clermont-Ferrand.
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A man reads in a park as people protest behind him in Bordeaux, in southwestern France.
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A protester attends a demonstration in Nice, in southeastern France.
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Protesters carry a poster referring to the canceled visit of Britain's King Charles III in Nantes, in western France. The second part is a reference to French President Emmanuel Macron: "Manu at the spear."
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A boarded-up BNP Paribas bank office is set on fire in Nantes.
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Stephane Mahe/Reuters
Police officers hold up shields amid a cloud of tear gas in Lille, in northern France.
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Masked protesters try to repel tear gas using umbrellas in Nantes.
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Stephane Mahe/Reuters
Protesters set up a flaming barricade across tracks at a train station in Lorient, Brittany, in western France.
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Protesters shout slogans amid smoke flares during a demonstration in Marseille.
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Protesters brandish flares as they march in Paris.
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A protester yells as she marches through the streets of Paris.
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A person dressed as a gorilla is seen in front of French police in Paris.
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A protester, stone in hand, hops over a railroad fence in Rouen, in northwestern France.
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Protesters throw stones inside a cloud of tear gas in Toulouse, in southern France.
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Police officers in riot helmets stand by in in Lille.
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Police officers arrest a protester in Nantes.
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A man lies on the pavement after police officers charged a group of protesters in Paris.
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People enjoy their meals as riot police officers stand outside the restaurant in Paris.
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A protester stands in front of burning scooters in Paris.
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