Paris, France: The streets of the country's capital are filled with workers who are worried about what is going to happen to their jobs in the economic downturnPhotograph: Benoit Tessier/ReutersNice, southern France: Workers from Air France protest in the streets with inflatable planesPhotograph: Valery Hache/GettyParis, France: Medical staff on strike carry an effigy of the French president Nicolas Sarkozy Photograph: Ian Langsdon/EPA
Lyon, eastern France: Masked students walk the streets, bearing signs to explain why they are protesting, these read "Liberties eroded" "NATO over EU" "Post office privatised" "Secularism eroded" "Hospitals shut-down"Photograph: Jean-philippe Ksiazek/GettyMarseille, France: Arcelor Mittal steel workers demonstrate Photograph: Jean-paul Pelissier/ReutersMarseille, France: Demonstrators from French trade unions stick their logos on to the buses from the transport systems that have ground to a haltPhotograph: Michel Gangne/GettyParis, France: A worker on strike carrying CGT union flags is silhouetted during a rallyPhotograph: Ian Langsdon/EPALille, northern France: People demonstrate on the streets of the city, their banner reads: "Together, avoid being the crisis' victims"Photograph: Philippe Huguen/GettyMarseille, France: Arcelor Mittal workers demonstratePhotograph: Jean-Paul Pelissier/ReutersMarseille, France: Hundreds of thousands of French public and private sector workers demonstrate during a protest marchPhotograph: Jean-paul Pelissier/ReutersMarseille, France: Actors disguised as French president Nicolas Sarkozy and Carla Bruni-Sarkozy protest in the streetsPhotograph: Gerard Julien/GettyNice, southern France: Workers wave Solidaires trade union flags as they protest in the streets of NicePhotograph: Valery Hache/GettyMarseille, southern France: Members of the CGT French trade union prepare banners on the eve of the nationwide protestPhotograph: Gerard Julien/GettyMontpellier, France: A member of CFDT union prepares a banner reading "strike"Photograph: Guillaume Horcajuelo/EPA
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