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Added on the 08/12/2018 16:04:04 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Police arrest "yellow vest" protesters and use tear gas and water cannons to disperse the crowd on the Champs-Elysees. IMAGES
A clean-up is underway at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, the day after clashes between police and "yellow vest" demonstrators left dozens of cars burned out and store-fronts vandalised. IMAGES
Hundreds of demonstrators gather in Paris, at the call of the leading figure of the yellow vest movement, Jérôme Rodrigues, to demonstrate against the health pass imposed by the government to counter the Covid-19 epidemic. IMAGES
The situation is tense between the demonstrators of the "yellow vests" movement and the forces of law and order around the Place Wagram in Paris. While a car has been set on fire, a person with a head injury is being treated by the mobile teams of carers taking part in the demonstration. IMAGES
Anti-government demonstrators march through Paris as six organisations, including the CGT-Santé union, call for a "national day of action". French President Emmanuel Macron hosted a subdued Bastille Day ceremony to honour the country's medical workers amid the coronavirus pandemic. IMAGES of protest