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Photos: The Student Protests in France
7 October 2026 at 18:09
People gather on and around a statue in the center of Place de la République at the end of a demonstration on a day of nationwide protests organized by high-school students and joined by unions and teachers, who for days have been demanding better learning conditions, in Paris, on October 6, 2026.
French high-school and university students attend a demonstration on a nationwide day of protests and blockades, in Nantes on October 6, 2026. Demonstrators are voicing their anger over overcrowded classrooms, teacher shortages, underinvestment, dilapidated school buildings, recent police actions, and more.
Riot police watch a fire at a makeshift barricade set up by protesters during a demonstration organized by high-school students in Lyon on October 6, 2026.
Riot police charge protesters at the end of a student demonstration in Bordeaux on October 6, 2026.
Riot police face protesting students who carry out a blockade outside Lycée Le Corbusier, in Aubervilliers, Paris, on October 1, 2026.
A youth is detained by a riot police officer in Nancy on October 5, 2026.
Students block the road outside Sciences Po during a protest on October 7, 2026, in Paris.
Protesting students gather and hold placards as they blockade part of Lycée Turgot in Paris on October 5, 2026.
Carole Zerbib, the principal of Lycée Vauquelin, talks with journalists in front of the school’s damaged entrance doors and a pile of bicycles and garbage bins set on fire by protesters, in Paris, on October 5, 2026.
Students tear down a traffic light next to Lycée César Baggio, which was blocked in protest of the government’s release of next year’s draft budget, in Lille, on September 29, 2026.
A police officer aims a riot-control weapon during a demonstration in Bordeaux on October 6, 2026.
Protesters walk through tear gas amid clashes at Place de la Nation during a demonstration in Paris on October 6, 2026.
Police officers spray students with pepper spray near Sciences Po as they protest under-resourced schools, in Paris on October 7, 2026.
A student protester stands beside a barricade near Lycée Déodat de Séverac in Toulouse on October 1, 2026.
Riot police detain a protester on the Boulevard Saint-Germain during a demonstration outside Sciences Po in Paris on October 7, 2026.
Riot police officers stand as fireworks go off above them during a demonstration in Lyon on October 6, 2026.
Protesters shield themselves from tear gas fired by riot police during a demonstration in Toulouse on October 6, 2026.
Protesters march during part of a nationwide protest movement, in Toulouse, on October 6, 2026.
Protesters rally in Toulouse on October 6, 2026.
Students raise their hands in front of riot police officers as they demonstrate outside Sciences Po on October 7, 2026, in Paris.
Students chant in front of a blockaded high school as they protest against under-resourced schools, in Paris, on October 7, 2026.
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