French protesters clash with riot police

Anti-riot police officers face picketers as they try to unblock entrances to an oil depot at Le Mans Photograph: Jean Francois Monier/AFP/Getty Images

Around 600 people block the road to Toulouse-Blagnac airport in protest against pension reforms Photograph: Eric Cabanis/AFP/Getty Images

Riot police retreat from a burning lorry in Lyon Photograph: Michel Spingler/AP

Protesters run during clashes in Lyon Photograph: Philippe Desmazes/AFP/Getty Images

Anti-riot police confront young men in Lyon Photograph: Philippe Desmazes/AFP/Getty Images

CGT union members of Marseille's public transport industry block the entrance to the Capelette bus depot Photograph: Anne-Christine Poujoulat/AFP/Getty Images

Students shout slogans as they demonstrate with union workers in Paris against raising the retirement age to 62 Photograph: Francois Mori/AP

Police and protesters in Nanterre, a western suburb of Paris Photograph: Bertrand Guay/AFP/Getty Images

An anti-riot policeman faces youths during clashes in Nanterre Photograph: Bertrand Guay/AFP/Getty Images

Students demonstrate in front of the senate in Paris Photograph: Fred Dufour/AFP/Getty Images

A student waves a flag during a demonstration in front of the senate in Paris Photograph: Fred Dufour/AFP/Getty Images

Civil Protection unit members, requisitioned by the French government, clean piles of rubbish from the streets of Marseille Photograph: Jean-paul Pelissier/Reuters

French railway workers block the tracks outside Clermont-Ferrand station Photograph: Thierry Zoccolan/AFP/Getty Images

Strikers block the entrance to the Total refinery in Donges, western France Photograph: David Vincent/AP

A young man throws a stone against anti-riot police during clashes in Lyon Photograph: Philippe Desmazes/AFP/Getty Images

High school students shout slogans as they demonstrate in the streets of Marseille Photograph: Jean-Paul Pelissier/Reuters

Masked youths damage a car during clashes in Lyon Photograph: Philippe Desmazes/AFP/Getty Images

People demonstrate in Toulouse, as unions today called for further mass nationwide rallies against the government's pension reforms Photograph: Eric Cabanis/AFP/Getty Images

Rubbish piles up in Nantes as the city's rubbish collectors join the strikes Photograph: Jean-Sebastien Evrard/AFP/Getty Images

Policemen arrest a young protester at a demonstration by secondary school students in Nancy Photograph: Mathieu Cugnot/EPA

Striking railway workers burn railway tracks during a demonstration at the old port of Marseille Photograph: Jean-paul Pelissier/Reuters

Young people protect themselves as they face anti-riot police in Lyon Photograph: Philippe Desmazes/AFP/Getty Images