
TOPSHOT - Protesters play music instruments during a demonstration as part of a nationwide day of actions as unions hold strikes alongside student-led demonstrations that have gripped the country for weeks in Marseille, south-eastern France on November 5, 2026. The high school student movement that began with youth protesting dismal learning conditions has coincided with widespread anger over the rising cost of living and inequality, which culminated on October 17, 2026 in the worst rioting France has seen in years. (Photo by Justine MEDDAH / AFP via Getty Images)
