In Photos | France Erupts In Protests As Workers And Students Take To Streets Over Rising Costs

Workers, students and trade unions took to the streets across France over rising living costs, low wages and deteriorating public services, as demonstrations against President Emmanuel Macron’s government continued

Firefighters extinguish a trash fire during a demonstration against rising living costs in Lyon, France, Saturday, Nov. 14, 2026. | Photo: AP/Laurent Cipriani

A woman walks past a fire during a demonstration against rising living costs in Lyon, France, Saturday, Nov. 14, 2026. | Photo: AP/Laurent Cipriani

A medic walks through tear gas during a demonstration against rising living costs in Lyon, France, Saturday, Nov. 14, 2026. | Photo: AP/Laurent Cipriani

Minor clashes break out between protesters and riot police at the end of a march in Paris on Saturday, Nov. 14, 2026, as demonstrators called for higher wages, voiced support for the high school protest movement and opposed a proposed security bill that would expand police powers. | Photo: AP/Emma da Silva

A protester stands in front of a fire during a demonstration for higher wages and in support of the high school protest movement in Lyon, France, Saturday, Nov. 14, 2026. | Photo: AP/Laurent Cipriani

Protesters wave their flags during a demonstration for higher wages and in support of the high school protest movement, in Lyon, France, Saturday, Nov. 14, 2026. | Photo: AP/Laurent Cipriani

Protesters are seen through a fire during a demonstration for higher wages and in support of the high school protest movement in Lyon, France, Saturday, Nov. 14, 2026. | Photo: AP/Laurent Cipriani

Police officers run during a demonstration for higher wages and in support of the high school protest movement in Lyon, France, Saturday, Nov. 14, 2026. | Photo: AP/Laurent Cipriani

A woman holds a sign reading "Shame on the 'License to Kill' law" during a march against the law in Paris, Saturday, Nov. 14, 2026. | Photo: AP/Teresa Suarez

A protester holds a placard reading "Be outraged" during a demonstration demanding increased education funding in Paris, Saturday, Nov. 14, 2026. | Photo: AP/Teresa Suarez